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Judge Steven Caley

Immigration Judge at Portland, OR

12.3%
Approval Rate
548
Granted
3,920
Denied
4,468
Total Decided

Judge Steven Caley serves at the Portland, OR Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 12.3%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Community Discussion

DATA

News: Immigration Judge Steven Caley — public criticism reported

In July 2025, Immigration Judge Steven D. Caley was named in news coverage of the O-J-M case, where a federal judge criticized the process that led a transgender asylum seeker to accept dismissal and then be arrested by ICE outside Portland Immigration Court.

Source: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/judge-orders-release-of-trans-asylum-seeker-wrongfully-detained-in-a-mens-facility/

This post summarizes publicly reported news and links to the original source. Details may evolve; see the source for specifics.

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How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Steven Caley is listed with the Portland, OR Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 12.3% 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 (1,489 decided, 5.6% grant rate), Guatemala (565 decided, 5.5% grant rate), and Peru (228 decided, 0.9% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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.

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Nationality Breakdown

NationalityCasesGrant rate
Mexico 1,489 5.6%
Guatemala 565 5.5%
Peru 228 0.9%
Honduras 190 4.7%
Colombia 153 5.2%
Venezuela 146 15.8%
Nicaragua 115 15.7%
El Salvador 89 9.0%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2026 1,374 3.7%
2025 892 15.8%
2024 282 43.3%
2023 213 12.7%
2022 165 12.7%
2021 172 5.8%
2020 346 13.9%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Steven Caley's asylum approval rate?

Judge Steven Caley's asylum approval rate is 12.3% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Steven Caley decided?

The dataset lists 4,468 total asylum cases for Judge Steven Caley.

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

Hoeppner, Mindy E. 13.3% approval rate Slayton, Michelle A. 19.5% approval rate Johnson, Dustin Joseph 4.4% approval rate Koutras, Charles 0.9% approval rate

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