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Judge Teresa L. Riley

Immigration Judge at Cleveland, OH

5.3%
Approval Rate
159
Granted
2,832
Denied
2,991
Total Decided

Judge Teresa L. Riley serves at the Cleveland, OH Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 5.3%, 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

Teresa L. Riley is listed with the Cleveland, OH Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 5.3% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Guatemala (613 decided, 1.6% grant rate), Honduras (448 decided, 1.6% grant rate), and Mexico (331 decided, 8.5% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 2026-07-01. 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 613 1.6%
Honduras 448 1.6%
Mexico 331 8.5%
Nicaragua 235 3.8%
Venezuela 187 4.8%
Brazil 145 2.1%
El Salvador 141 8.5%
Colombia 106 0.0%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2026 117 6.0%
2025 632 2.2%
2024 464 7.3%
2023 672 2.5%
2022 374 9.6%
2021 158 6.3%
2020 379 7.7%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Teresa L. Riley's asylum approval rate?

Judge Teresa L. Riley's asylum approval rate is 5.3% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Teresa L. Riley decided?

The dataset lists 2,991 total asylum cases for Judge Teresa L. Riley.

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

Evans, D. William, JR. 5.5% approval rate Janas, Thomas 6.6% approval rate Whipple, David C. 4.2% approval rate Adkins-Blanch, Charles 4.0% approval rate Horton, Monte J. 5.4% approval rate Brown, Alison M. 17.6% approval rate Owens, Jonathan W. 2.5% approval rate Riedthaler-Williams, Jennifer M. 6.3% approval rate Drucker, Richard 14.1% approval rate Tripi, Michael 4.5% approval rate

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