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BOS

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

Lifetime grant rate

46.3%

All recorded asylum decisions

12-month grant rate

24.4%

Most recent 12 months of data

Lifetime decisions

26,843

Total grants and denials on record

Judges

105

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

46.3%
0%25%50%75%100%

All recorded asylum decisions

Monthly grant rate β€” trailing 12 months

Judges

Abrams, Steven R.

66.7%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Adkins-Blanch, Charles

48.3%

29 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Adler, Steven V.

66.3%

101 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ahmed, Sameer

86.1%

122 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Baez, Lucy

60.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bain, Quynh Vu

53.2%

79 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bartleson, Thomas

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bashore, Jacob D.

25.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Burman, Lawrence O.

45.0%

20 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cade, Sarah

48.9%

1,288 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Campanella, Lorianne

75.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cato, Richard

45.6%

125 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Chen, Shana W.

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cheng, David

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cheng, Mary

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Chew, George T.

50.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cho, Yul-mi

11.7%

94 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 50.0%

Chung, Jennifer

25.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Costanzo, Lawrence Di

100.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Couch, V. Stuart

0.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cramer, Francis L.

45.4%

560 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

D'Ambrosio, Billino W

18.6%

221 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

D'Angelo, Matthew J.

58.6%

931 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Day, Steven F.

19.2%

73 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Dogin, Henry S.

20.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Donovan, Mark D.

54.3%

512 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 54.1%

Driscoll, Robert

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Duck, John A., JR.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Eller, Donald R., JR.

0.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Feder, Robin E.

58.8%

1,415 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Furlong, John M., JR.

29.7%

936 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 17.3%

Gagnon, Paul M.

52.2%

1,099 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Garcy, Annie S.

50.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Geisse, Loreto

33.3%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gillespie, Taylor

0.0%

33 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Glass, Andrew J.

55.6%

9 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Golparvar, Kuyomars Q.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gover, Erin

51.9%

678 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 42.9%

Griffiths, Nancy

42.6%

54 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Grogan, Edward

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gundlach, Robert

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hall, Jonathan

42.6%

61 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Harris, Rodger C.

49.2%

122 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hart, Brandon L.

0.0%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Herndon, Megan B.

60.0%

20 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.

38.8%

85 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Holmes-Simmons, Theresa

25.0%

48 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Honeyman, Charles M.

41.7%

12 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Houser, Wayne K., JR.

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

IAD Judge

100.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Jalelian, Lincoln S.

40.6%

217 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Jaysura, Tanzania

10.5%

38 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Josephson, Kenneth

17.8%

45 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Joyce, William

61.9%

365 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Kahan, Michelle

31.2%

1,100 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 19.6%

Kaplan, Elliot M.

80.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Karesh, Ellen

66.7%

12 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Karram, Omar Z.

12.1%

33 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 6.7%

Kassell, Joseph

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Khan, Amiena A.

50.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

King, Carol A.

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Klein, Eliza

45.4%

1,598 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Krasinski, Carolyn

42.9%

7 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Kubica, Hannah

27.1%

255 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Lloyd, Michael

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Luskin, Joshua D.

43.7%

71 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Mangoli, Vimala S.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Masters, Todd A.

35.2%

1,319 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 18.2%

May, Jennifer A.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

McEwen, Justin

66.7%

75 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Menezes de Araujo, Juliana

11.3%

177 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Miranda, Pedro A.

80.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Mulcahy, Jennifer A

16.8%

101 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Mungoven, Thomas

50.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Munro, Angela

33.8%

237 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Napier, Wade Thomas

37.2%

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

Nelson, Barbara A.

33.3%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Newberry, Robert D.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Niburg, Rebecca

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Norkin, David

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Nugent, James A.

42.1%

19 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

O'Malley, Brenda

57.1%

2,171 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 7.7%

O'Sullivan, Maureen

83.7%

1,851 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ostrom, Donald

28.4%

81 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Palmer, Brian T.

25.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Pappas, George

27.5%

109 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Patel, Roopal

40.7%

690 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 34.7%

Peterson, William C.

9.1%

11 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Phan-Quang, Tue

50.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Piateski, Jennifer E.

44.4%

45 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Pugliese, Eugene

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Purnell, Charles N.

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ragno, Thomas M.

19.5%

226 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Rainey, Zol

2.1%

48 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Reichenberg, Margaret R.

16.0%

25 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Rivera, Tamaira

57.1%

49 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Robertson, David

5.6%

124 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Roe, Adrian N.

40.7%

226 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Rusher, Marna M

60.5%

114 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sady, Michael

60.4%

245 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Saldana Mistry, Lucero

34.0%

297 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sanchez, Jose A.

31.3%

80 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Santen, Sean D.

64.5%

31 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Santiago, Luisa

32.6%

43 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Schools, Shelly W.

13.5%

37 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Shapiro, Leonard I.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sheppard, Patricia

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Shirole, Pallavi S.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Smith, Natalie

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Staton, Jack W.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Status Docket

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Stockton, Bette Kane

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Straus, Michael W.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sturla, Mario J.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sturla, Mario J.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sturla, Mario J.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Tadal, Mirlande

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Taylor, Khalilah

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Terrien, Jeb

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Thielemann, Christopher J.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Thomsen, Scott

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Tregerman, Gwendylan E.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Verrillo, Philip

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Walter, Patricia W.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Walter, Patricia W.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ward, George James, JR.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Weil, Jack H.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Weisel, Robert D.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wilson, Earle B

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wyke, William Van

β€”

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.