Judge Lane, Nicole

Judge Lane, Nicole

Immigration Judge at Newark, NJ

4.6%

Approval Rate

134

Granted

2,842

Denied

2,976

Total Decided

Judge Lane, Nicole serves at the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 4.6%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

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DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Lane (Newark, NJ) data snapshot: 4,508 cases over 30 years, 3.8% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Lane, Nicole (IJ code NBL, Newark, NJ):

Overall track record

30 years on the bench (since 1997), 4,508 cases total, lifetime grant rate 3.8%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 4,396 cases, grant rate 3.8% — 7.8pp below the Newark court average (11.6%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Ecuador               1021    3.0%
Peru                   916    5.9%
Colombia               683    1.9%
Brazil                 348    1.7%
Guatemala              271    0.9%
Honduras               199    1.9%
Mexico                 175    0.0%
Cuba                   130    0.0%
El Salvador            118    9.1%
Dominican Republic     108    0.0%
Venezuela               81    0.0%

Year-by-year

2023:  698 cases, 7.5% grant rate
2024: 1115 cases, 7.6% grant rate
2025: 1069 cases, 3.0% grant rate
2026: 1514 cases, 0.0% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Lane, I'd love to hear:

1. What's your nationality, and when was your most recent hearing?

2. How did your attorney prepare for this judge specifically?

Source: EOIR (U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review) public statistics, May 2026 release, compiled by AsylumTracker. A judge's historical pattern does not predict the outcome of any individual case; this is shared to help set realistic expectations. Real-experience accounts from the community are welcome.

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How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Lane, Nicole is listed with the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 4.6% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Ecuador (785 decided, 3.6% grant rate), Peru (716 decided, 6.8% grant rate), and Colombia (498 decided, 2.4% 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 2026-05-08. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

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

Approval Rate by Nationality

Nationality	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
Ecuador	3.6%	28	757	785
Peru	6.8%	49	667	716
Colombia	2.4%	12	486	498
Brazil	2.0%	5	241	246
Guatemala	1.2%	2	165	167
Honduras	2.3%	3	126	129
Mexico	0.0%	0	110	110
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	75	75
El Salvador	11.9%	7	52	59
Venezuela	0.0%	0	39	39
Turkey	21.6%	8	29	37
Nicaragua	0.0%	0	27	27
Haiti	0.0%	0	23	23
India	59.1%	13	9	22
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	9	9
Russia	42.9%	3	4	7
Romania	0.0%	0	5	5
Cuba	0.0%	0	4	4
Nigeria	100.0%	4	0	4
Argentina	0.0%	0	4	4
China	0.0%	0	4	4
Jamaica	0.0%	0	3	3
Chile	0.0%	0	3	3

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	0.0%	0	704	704
2025	3.0%	24	768	792
2024	7.6%	68	832	900
2023	7.5%	46	567	613
2022	7.7%	1	12	13
2021	0.0%	0	1	1
2020	0.0%	0	2	2

Community Discussion

Judge Lane (Newark, NJ) data snapshot: 4,508 cases over 30 years, 3.8% grant rate

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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