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Judge Paul M. Gagnon

Immigration Judge at Boston, MA

28.0%
Approval Rate
2,899
Granted
7,449
Denied
10,348
Total Decided

Judge Paul M. Gagnon serves at the Boston, MA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 28.0%, 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

Paul M. Gagnon is listed with the Boston, MA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 28.0% 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 (55 decided, 50.9% grant rate), El Salvador (30 decided, 56.7% grant rate), and Brazil (28 decided, 25.0% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 55 50.9%
El Salvador 30 56.7%
Brazil 28 25.0%
Dominican Republic 19 10.5%
Mexico 8 50.0%
Honduras 7 71.4%
Cape Verde 6 33.3%
Colombia 5 20.0%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2024 5 100.0%
2023 1 100.0%
2021 81 75.3%
2020 151 29.1%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Paul M. Gagnon's asylum approval rate?

Judge Paul M. Gagnon's asylum approval rate is 28.0% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Paul M. Gagnon decided?

The dataset lists 10,348 total asylum cases for Judge Paul M. Gagnon.

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 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 Kahan, Michelle 11.7% approval rate

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