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Judge Marna M Rusher

Immigration Judge at Boston, MA

27.2%
Approval Rate
122
Granted
326
Denied
448
Total Decided

Judge Marna M Rusher serves at the Boston, MA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 27.2%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Marna M Rusher is listed with the Boston, MA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 27.2% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Guatemala (116 decided, 21.6% grant rate), Brazil (84 decided, 3.6% grant rate), and El Salvador (48 decided, 47.9% grant rate). Compare these rows with the judge's overall rate because nationality mix can materially change how the headline number should be read.

Grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.

This page is based on public EOIR data last updated 2026-07-01. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

Read the grant-rate methodology or learn how to read immigration judge statistics.

Nationality Breakdown

NationalityCasesGrant rate
Guatemala 116 21.6%
Brazil 84 3.6%
El Salvador 48 47.9%
Honduras 34 26.5%
Dominican Republic 23 4.3%
Mexico 18 16.7%
Angola 11 54.5%
Uganda 10 80.0%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2022 75 30.7%
2021 234 28.2%
2020 138 23.9%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Marna M Rusher's asylum approval rate?

Judge Marna M Rusher's asylum approval rate is 27.2% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Marna M Rusher decided?

The dataset lists 448 total asylum cases for Judge Marna M Rusher.

How is this approval rate calculated?

The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.

Other judges at this court

Shapiro, Leonard I. 27.4% approval rate Gagnon, Paul M. 28.0% approval rate O'Malley, Brenda 38.2% approval rate D'Angelo, Matthew J. 24.2% approval rate O'Sullivan, Maureen 65.5% approval rate Sheppard, Patricia 24.8% approval rate Sturla, Mario J. 19.2% approval rate Masters, Todd A. 16.0% approval rate Furlong, John M., JR. 14.9% approval rate Cramer, Francis L. 20.0% approval rate

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