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Judge Roger F. Sagerman

Immigration Judge at Newark, NJ

4.8%
Approval Rate
382
Granted
7,519
Denied
7,901
Total Decided

Judge Roger F. Sagerman serves at the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 4.8%, 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

Roger F. Sagerman is listed with the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 4.8% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Mexico (170 decided, 1.2% grant rate), Ecuador (157 decided, 17.8% grant rate), and Dominican Republic (111 decided, 3.6% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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
Mexico 170 1.2%
Ecuador 157 17.8%
Dominican Republic 111 3.6%
El Salvador 108 12.0%
Honduras 96 9.4%
Guatemala 69 4.3%
Cuba 54 75.9%
India 42 11.9%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2026 23 0.0%
2025 333 6.6%
2024 203 19.7%
2023 137 28.5%
2022 127 20.5%
2021 91 6.6%
2020 236 26.7%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Roger F. Sagerman's asylum approval rate?

Judge Roger F. Sagerman's asylum approval rate is 4.8% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Roger F. Sagerman decided?

The dataset lists 7,901 total asylum cases for Judge Roger F. Sagerman.

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

Riefkohl, Alberto J. 29.5% approval rate Reichenberg, Margaret R. 16.8% approval rate Meisner, Daniel A. 24.4% approval rate Dogin, Henry S. 25.0% approval rate Pugliese, Eugene 17.5% approval rate Finston, Leo A. 18.9% approval rate Strasser, William 42.5% approval rate Speer, John K. 54.4% approval rate Rastegar, Ramin 15.5% approval rate Akalski, Maria I. 3.2% approval rate

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