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Judge Stuart F. Karden

Immigration Judge at Orlando, FL

19.9%
Approval Rate
1,007
Granted
4,055
Denied
5,062
Total Decided

Judge Stuart F. Karden serves at the Orlando, FL Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 19.9%, 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

Stuart F. Karden is listed with the Orlando, FL Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 19.9% 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 (460 decided, 1.7% grant rate), Honduras (391 decided, 0.8% grant rate), and Mexico (122 decided, 35.2% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 460 1.7%
Honduras 391 0.8%
Mexico 122 35.2%
Venezuela 88 27.3%
Haiti 75 8.0%
Brazil 55 14.5%
Nicaragua 45 24.4%
Cuba 38 34.2%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2026 2 0.0%
2025 146 12.3%
2024 411 10.5%
2023 311 15.4%
2022 168 19.0%
2021 38 52.6%
2020 372 8.3%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Stuart F. Karden's asylum approval rate?

Judge Stuart F. Karden's asylum approval rate is 19.9% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Stuart F. Karden decided?

The dataset lists 5,062 total asylum cases for Judge Stuart F. Karden.

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

Ortiz-Segura, Rafael 27.2% approval rate Mchugh, R. Kevin 10.9% approval rate Ghartey, Victoria L. 28.6% approval rate Wilson, Earle B 11.4% approval rate Harris, Rodger C. 13.8% approval rate Hanson, Mahlon F. 25.6% approval rate Alberdi, Yon K. 8.6% approval rate Grim, James K. 18.4% approval rate Lippman, Daniel 17.3% approval rate Page-Lozano, Jennifer Leigh 6.8% approval rate

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