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ATL

Aggregated asylum decision statistics across all immigration judges recorded at the Atlanta (ATL), based on public EOIR case data.

Lifetime grant rate

8.6%

All recorded asylum decisions

12-month grant rate

2.0%

Most recent 12 months of data

Lifetime decisions

14,558

Total grants and denials on record

Judges

51

Judges appearing in this court's data

Data through

2026-07

Latest month in the source data

Lifetime figures cover every recorded asylum decision. The 12-month figures cover only the most recent year of data β€” the same methodology over a shorter window, which is why the two views can show different percentages.

Court lifetime grant rate

8.6%
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All recorded asylum decisions

Monthly grant rate β€” trailing 12 months

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Judges

Abrams, Steven R.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Adkins-Blanch, Charles

0.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Alexander, Scott C.

50.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Alexander, Scott G.

25.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Baird, Michael P.

6.5%

62 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Barr, Philip A.

12.3%

301 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bashore, Jacob D.

0.0%

31 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bell, Jennifer R.

20.6%

248 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 4.6%

Cassidy, William A.

4.2%

2,071 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Chapman, Kevin Jerome.

20.2%

242 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Churchill, Joan V.

0.0%

7 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Coaxum, Ghunise L.

3.0%

692 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Criss, Scott D.

2.2%

134 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Crofts, James

0.0%

11 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Doughty, Blake

8.2%

1,249 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.2%

Dowell, J. Daniel

0.0%

7 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Duck, John A., JR.

50.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Duncan, Randall W.

54.2%

24 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Farrar-Crockett, Emily

4.8%

354 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Fisher, Ryan

3.6%

800 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Gallow,Sheila E.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Garcia, Madeline

14.0%

121 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gillies, John M.

1.4%

284 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gopaul, Donna S.

0.0%

32 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Guidry, Monica Thompson

18.2%

11 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Haer, Amy Fairchild

11.1%

559 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 5.3%

Hart, Brandon L.

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hewitt, Andrew

2.4%

331 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.

60.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ho, Anna

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Houser, Wayne K., JR.

21.7%

621 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Imburgia, Joseph S.

19.0%

63 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Isaak, Melissa I.

0.0%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Jeter, Kimberly

0.0%

39 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Johnston, Paul L.

24.4%

287 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Kinnicutt, Daniel P.

7.1%

14 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Lampley-Fortson, Christa J.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Maldonado, Njeri B.

5.8%

845 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 2.2%

McBride, Robert

0.0%

17 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Murray, Winfield W.

24.5%

473 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 10.1%

Owen, Sirce E.

0.0%

24 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Pelletier, Dan

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Pelletier, J. Dan

13.6%

619 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Randall, Anthony J.

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Rast, G. M.

7.9%

835 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Redwood, Daniel J.

0.0%

46 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Reese, Agnelis L.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sanders, Charles J.

40.0%

30 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sandron, Ira

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Schnitzer, Michael

9.3%

107 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sease, Grace A.

11.5%

234 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Smikle, Suzette

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sydnor, Kelley N

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sydnor, Kelley N

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sydnor, Kelley N

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Tadal, Mirlande

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Taylor, Philip P.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Taylor, Philip P.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Taylor, Philip P.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Taylor, Philip P.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Thielemann, Christopher J.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Tregerman, Gwendylan E.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Watson, Bryan D.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Williams, Keith C.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wilson, Earle B

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Winkle, Howard Van

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wright, Daniel J.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wright, Daniel J.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wright, Daniel J.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wright, Daniel J.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wright, Daniel J.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Yates, Clarease Rankin

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Yates, Clarease Rankin (Visiting Judge)

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β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Source: EOIR case data published by the Deportation Data Project. Figures count asylum grants and denials only.

Results may vary depending on the facts of each case.