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

Lifetime grant rate

46.4%

All recorded asylum decisions

12-month grant rate

14.2%

Most recent 12 months of data

Lifetime decisions

27,128

Total grants and denials on record

Judges

102

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

46.4%
0%25%50%75%100%

All recorded asylum decisions

Monthly grant rate β€” trailing 12 months

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Judges

Abraham, Shawn J.

0.0%

95 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Ambrose, Dillon J.

0.0%

7 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Arellano, Silvia R.

0.0%

7 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bain, Quynh Vu

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Baird, Michael P.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Baker, Glen R.

50.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Baldini-Potermin, Maria

65.2%

66 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bales, Eric C.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Barilla, Jody

50.2%

327 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Barrow, Sarjo

50.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bashore, Jacob D.

100.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Beese, Matthew C.

7.1%

198 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 7.2%

Bower, Glen L.

83.3%

323 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Brahos, O. John

44.0%

457 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bratton, Scott

53.8%

13 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bukszpan, Joanna M.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Burman, Lawrence O.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Chapa, Teofilo

0.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Clemente, Jesus

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cole, Samuel B.

48.9%

577 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Conroy, Charles R.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Corrin, Melanie K.

37.5%

16 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Criss, Scott D.

28.6%

7 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Crites, Elizabeth

53.4%

693 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 21.9%

Crosland, David W.

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cuevas, Carlos

59.8%

1,200 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Curran, Brendan C.

26.6%

658 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 15.1%

D'Angelo, Matthew J.

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Davis, John W.

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

De Angelis, Kathryn L.

64.9%

666 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Defoe, Craig A.

29.9%

1,487 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 10.4%

Der-Yeghiayan, Samuel

35.3%

150 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Diaz, Irma

0.0%

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

Dierkes, Joseph

41.4%

29 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Dillow, Eric

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Dimarzio, Philip L.

2.3%

173 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Eller, Donald R., JR.

6.6%

350 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 4.0%

Ellison, Sarah M.

9.1%

165 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Espinoza, Carla

68.6%

220 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Feder, Robin E.

50.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Flesch, Kenneth

6.6%

61 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 8.2%

Fluhr, Philip

53.3%

182 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 100.0%

Freeman, D'Anna H.

2.5%

242 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 2.5%

Fujimoto, James R.

49.2%

616 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Garcy, Annie S.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Geisse, Loreto

66.7%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Giambastiani, Jennie L.

57.8%

1,103 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gorland, Jennifer M.

100.0%

8 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gross, Kevin

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Guidry, Monica Thompson

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hart, Brandon L.

0.0%

9 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hayward, Miriam

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hermus, Jason

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Herndon, Megan B.

55.6%

9 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.

50.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hom, Sandy

0.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Horn, Michael C.

85.7%

7 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Howard, Justin W.

13.3%

15 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ipema, Henry P.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Josephson, Kenneth

88.9%

9 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Kassell, Joseph

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Katsivalis, George P.

9.6%

52 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Kessler, Elizabeth A.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Kim, Peter A.

6.7%

30 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 8.0%

Klein, Eliza

50.3%

292 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Klosowsky, Michael

29.3%

1,166 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 10.2%

Lang, Elizabeth G.

56.3%

439 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Leonard, Joseph T.

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Luskin, Joshua D.

52.9%

452 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 38.7%

Marshall, Jacob

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Mckenna, Patrick M.

38.7%

1,492 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 7.9%

Mcnulty, Sheila

61.9%

247 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Mencini, Ana

30.8%

730 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 8.1%

Miller, Jane Chace.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Morley, Steven A.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Mullins, Ronald L.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Naseem, Samia

50.2%

982 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 40.5%

Nelson, Kristi

52.3%

132 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Owens, Robert P.

4.9%

61 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Park, Jeannette Lim

71.4%

7 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Paruch, David H.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Patti, Sebastian T.

86.8%

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

Paul, Nancy J.

20.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Perez-Guzman, Virginia

58.5%

352 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Perkins, Robbin

0.0%

18 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Petrone, Anthony D., JR.

82.4%

17 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Petty, Aaron R.

40.0%

10 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Peyton, Jennifer I.

81.8%

473 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Poarch, Jaime

1.7%

58 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Poore, John A.

0.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Ramirez, Laura L.

25.0%

8 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Reese, Agnelis L.

100.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Reynolds, Gina

66.6%

820 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 38.7%

Riefkohl, Alberto J.

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Rocco, Michael

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Rosche, Robin J.

56.1%

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

Salinardi, Jayme

57.1%

7 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Salovaara, Kaarina

44.1%

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

Saltzman, Eva S.

62.9%

790 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 15.9%

Santen, Sean D.

50.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Santiago, Luisa

42.9%

14 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Smith, Renetta

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Stahl, Marc

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Stahl, Marc

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Status Docket

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Stogner, W. Wayne

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sydnor, Kelley N

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Tijerina, Eric J.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Treacy, Elizabeth

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Treacy, Elizabeth

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Treacy, Elizabeth

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Treacy, Elizabeth

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Tregerman, Gwendylan E.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Uddin, Marium S.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Venci, Michelle

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Venci, Michelle

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Venci, Michelle

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Venci, Michelle

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Venci, Michelle

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Verrillo, Philip

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Videla, Gabriel C.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Vinikoor, Robert D.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Vyas, Akash

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Vyas, Akash

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Vyas, Akash

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Vyas, Akash

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Vyas, Akash

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Yeargin, Robert

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Yokoyama, Lori

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Yokoyama, Lori

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Yokoyama, Lori

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Yokoyama, Lori

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Young, Elizabeth L.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Zerbe, Craig M.

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.