Judge Mazzie, Sarah B.

10.6%

Approval Rate

199

Granted

2,316

Denied

2,515

Total Decided

Judge Mazzie, Sarah B. serves at the Bloomington, MN Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 10.6%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Community Discussion

DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Mazzie (Bloomington, MN) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 13% to 3% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Mazzie, Sarah B. (IJ code SM1, Bloomington, MN):

Overall track record

19 years on the bench (since 2008), 4,518 cases total, lifetime grant rate 10.1%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,419 cases, grant rate 7.3% — roughly in line with the Bloomington court average (4.4%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Mexico                 496    0.9%
Ecuador                431    1.5%
Nicaragua              404    3.0%
Guatemala              246    0.9%
Honduras               167    3.2%
Venezuela               90    9.0%
El Salvador             81    1.3%
Somalia                 44   47.5%
Colombia                43    0.0%
Cuba                    31   25.0%
Ethiopia                23   31.8%

Year-by-year

2023:  620 cases, 13.0% grant rate
2024:  669 cases, 8.4% grant rate
2025:  617 cases, 4.1% grant rate
2026:  513 cases, 2.5% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Mazzie, 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

Mazzie, Sarah B. is listed with the Bloomington, MN Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 10.6% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Mexico (628 decided, 2.7% grant rate), Nicaragua (375 decided, 3.5% grant rate), and Guatemala (372 decided, 0.5% 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
Mexico	2.7%	17	611	628
Nicaragua	3.5%	13	362	375
Guatemala	0.5%	2	370	372
Ecuador	3.2%	11	329	340
Honduras	2.7%	6	216	222
El Salvador	3.3%	4	116	120
Venezuela	14.5%	11	65	76
Somalia	41.7%	30	42	72
Colombia	0.0%	0	38	38
Liberia	29.6%	8	19	27
Ethiopia	38.5%	10	16	26
Cuba	38.1%	8	13	21
Belarus	84.2%	16	3	19
Laos	7.7%	1	12	13
Sudan	69.2%	9	4	13
Burma (Myanmar)	41.7%	5	7	12
Peru	0.0%	0	12	12
Federated States Of Micronesia	0.0%	0	11	11
Nigeria	55.6%	5	4	9
South Sudan	25.0%	2	6	8
Iraq	87.5%	7	1	8
Jamaica	37.5%	3	5	8
Romania	0.0%	0	8	8
Kenya	14.3%	1	6	7
Canada	14.3%	1	6	7
Ghana	85.7%	6	1	7
Democratic Republic Of Congo	0.0%	0	7	7
Russia	42.9%	3	4	7
Cameroon	100.0%	6	0	6
Pakistan	80.0%	4	1	5
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	5	5
Azerbaijan	100.0%	4	0	4
Turkmenistan	0.0%	0	4	4
Unknown Nationality	25.0%	1	3	4
South Africa	0.0%	0	3	3
India	33.3%	1	2	3
Ukraine	0.0%	0	2	2
Jordan	100.0%	2	0	2
China	0.0%	0	2	2
Egypt	100.0%	2	0	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	1.2%	2	170	172
2025	4.1%	24	565	589
2024	8.4%	54	590	644
2023	13.0%	74	494	568
2022	18.4%	49	217	266
2021	16.4%	20	102	122
2020	7.3%	27	344	371

Community Discussion

Judge Mazzie (Bloomington, MN) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 13% to 3% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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