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Elizabeth (ELZ)

ELZ

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

Lifetime grant rate

23.4%

All recorded asylum decisions

12-month grant rate

6.0%

Most recent 12 months of data

Lifetime decisions

10,487

Total grants and denials on record

Judges

164

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

23.4%
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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%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Addicott, Jacob T.

0.0%

74 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Adkins-Blanch, Charles

50.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ahmed, Sameer

16.7%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Akalski, Maria I.

3.9%

51 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 4.2%

Anderson, David C.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Arellano, Silvia R.

76.9%

13 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Armstrong, Adrian N.

28.7%

87 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Arthur, Andrew R.

9.9%

283 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Auh, Kyung S.

20.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bailey, Richard

12.2%

238 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 9.7%

Bain, Quynh Vu

18.5%

130 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bain, Terry A.

66.7%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Balasquide, Javier E.

14.3%

7 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Barrett, Bruce M.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bashore, Jacob D.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Beatmann, Jerry A., SR.

0.0%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Behne, Audra R.

26.3%

38 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Brennan, Noel A.

80.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Brooks, Mark K.

0.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Brown, Lory G.

6.0%

50 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 6.0%

Bukszpan, Joanna M.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Burman, Lawrence O.

25.0%

12 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cabrera, Esmeralda

65.6%

270 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Capistrano, Antonio

100.0%

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

Carle, John B.

23.2%

142 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Chaban, Roman

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Chen, Shana W.

0.0%

96 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Cheng, David

0.0%

10 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cho, Yul-mi

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Christensen, Jesse B.

0.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cigarroa, Barbara Gonzalez

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Clemente, Jesus

1.7%

59 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cohen, Raisa

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Combs, Corey

0.0%

29 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Connelly, Steven J.

9.1%

11 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 9.1%

Conroy, Charles R.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Corkery, Barbara

3.9%

77 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 3.9%

Couch, V. Stuart

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Crews, John G., II

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Crofts, James

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Crosland, David W.

40.0%

20 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cubas, Claudia

50.0%

8 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 50.0%

D'Angelo, Matthew J.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Daugherty, Daniel J.

25.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Davis-Gumbs, Xiomara Diana

58.3%

12 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

de Cardona, Lisa A.

18.2%

11 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 25.0%

Defillo, Irma Lopez

24.2%

33 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Diaz-Rex, Julia

16.7%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Diaz, Irma

11.1%

54 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 11.1%

Dogin, Henry S.

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Donato, Robin

10.0%

10 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 10.0%

Dornell, Lisa

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Douchy, Evalyn P.

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Dowell, J. Daniel

0.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Dufresne, Jill H.

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Durling, Walter A.

26.4%

865 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Eller, Donald R., JR.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ellington, John P.

11.2%

233 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ellison, Sarah M.

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Engel, Michael C.

5.5%

73 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 5.6%

Farrar-Crockett, Emily

0.0%

7 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Finston, Leo A.

31.9%

392 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 19.2%

Fluke, Randall L.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Freeman, D'Anna H.

22.2%

18 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Furlong, John M., JR.

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gagnon, Paul M.

58.8%

17 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gansallo, Ayodele

22.2%

9 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 22.2%

Garcy, Annie S.

40.0%

10 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Geisse, Loreto

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gleich, Oren

8.2%

49 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 8.2%

Golparvar, Kuyomars Q.

10.2%

384 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 17.6%

Gossart, John F., JR.

0.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Grant, Edward

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Guidry, Monica Thompson

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Guilloty, Crimilda

30.0%

10 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Harbeck, Dorothy A.

53.1%

590 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hart, Brandon L.

22.2%

18 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hartye, Alice Song

20.9%

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

Hawkes, Joshua

1.0%

96 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 1.0%

Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.

8.8%

102 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ho, Anna

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hochul, Denise

40.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Holmes-Simmons, Theresa

40.0%

20 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Honeyman, Charles M.

37.5%

8 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hoover, Forrest W., III

0.0%

19 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Hussey, Michael

15.8%

57 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 15.8%

Imbacuan, Bruce

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Iskra, Wayne

33.3%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Jacobs, Richard C.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Jeannopoulos, Amanda

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Johnson-Papillo, Carrie C.

6.7%

15 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Josephson, Kenneth

100.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Kanellakos, Thanos

4.0%

25 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 4.0%

Karesh, Ellen

10.0%

60 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Kassell, Joseph

0.0%

44 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Kaufman, Matthew W.

60.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Keenan, Sean H.

20.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Kessler, Elizabeth A.

30.4%

23 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 25.0%

King, Jean C.

50.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Koelsch, David C.

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Kolbe, Margaret

60.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Lane, Nicole

0.0%

21 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Lebreton, Tanawa

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Lee, Mary C.

16.7%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Leeds, Frederic G.

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Leonard, Joseph T.

50.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Lewandowski, Robert M.

0.0%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Lippman, Daniel

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Little, Anna C.

16.7%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Livingston, Donn L.

0.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Lohr, Brandi

25.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 25.0%

Luskin, Joshua D.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Malloy, Rosalind K.

40.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Mangoli, Vimala S.

2.9%

35 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Mannion, Steve

6.7%

15 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Martinez, Hugo R.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Martz, Nicholas A.

0.0%

9 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

McCary, Peter T.

50.0%

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

Meisner, Daniel A.

33.3%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Menkin, Jeffrey L.

16.7%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Merriman, Joy A.

66.7%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Monsky, Megan Foote

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Moore, Carol

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Morley, Steven A.

32.4%

37 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Morris, Daniel A.

54.7%

265 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Mullican, Leila Mcneill.

3.3%

153 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 3.0%

Murray, Winfield W.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Napier, Wade Thomas

50.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 50.0%

Neal, Michael M.

7.9%

63 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 11.1%

Nelson, Barbara A.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Nevarez-Myrick, Nancy

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

O'Sullivan, Maureen

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Owens, Jonathan W.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Owens, Robert P.

26.7%

45 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Page, Alan L.

25.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Palmer, Brian T.

0.0%

58 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Panopoulos, Adam

12.8%

360 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 5.0%

Pearsall, Gurney F.

3.2%

63 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 3.2%

Pepper, S. Kathleen

33.3%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Perez-Guzman, Virginia

100.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Piateski, Jennifer E.

8.8%

57 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Pope, Jason L.

21.2%

198 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Poyurs, Yeshaya

1.1%

95 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 1.1%

Pugliese, Eugene

25.0%

8 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Purnell, Charles N.

10.8%

37 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Quidley, Joshua D.

0.0%

25 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Ranasinghe, Arya S.

6.7%

90 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 3.5%

Randall, Anthony J.

75.0%

8 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Rastegar, Ramin

1.9%

52 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Reese, Agnelis L.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Reichenberg, Margaret R.

24.6%

399 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Riefkohl, Alberto J.

11.8%

17 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Riley, Teresa L.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Riner, Phoebe

100.0%

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

Robertson, David

0.0%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Romig, Jeffrey L.

23.1%

39 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Rubenstein, John S.

4.8%

21 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 4.8%

Ryan, Dennis

2.4%

167 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 3.0%

Santiago, Luisa

7.7%

13 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Schools, Shelly W.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Scott, Joseph C.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sease, Grace A.

9.1%

241 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Segal, Alice

100.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Shirole, Pallavi S.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Shusted, Thomas

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sichel, Helen

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Siemietkowski, John

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sonom, Ronald G.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Stewart, Stephen

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Straus, Michael W.

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€”

Talavera-Peraza, Elvin

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Thielemann, Christopher J.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Tripi, Michael

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Uddin, Marium S.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

ul-Haq, Ubaid

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Vargas-Padilla, Nelson A.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Vargas-Padilla, Nelson A.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Vargas-Padilla, Nelson A.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Vargas-Padilla, Nelson A.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Vargas-Padilla, Nelson A.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Verma, Dinesh C.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Verma, Dinesh C.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Verma, Dinesh C.

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€”

Vomacka, Alan A.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ward, George James, JR.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Watters, Matthew H

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Weil, Jack H.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wilson, Earle B

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wilson, Tamar H.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wilson, Tamar H.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wilson, Tamar H.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wilson, Tamar H.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wilson, Tamar H.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wright, Virna A.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wyke, William Van

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Zagzoug, Randa

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.