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

Lifetime grant rate

30.5%

All recorded asylum decisions

12-month grant rate

0.9%

Most recent 12 months of data

Lifetime decisions

24,498

Total grants and denials on record

Judges

82

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

30.5%
0%25%50%75%100%

All recorded asylum decisions

Monthly grant rate β€” trailing 12 months

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Judges

<All Judges>

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Akalski, Maria I.

3.2%

1,967 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Armstrong, Adrian N.

33.3%

9 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ayala, David

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bailey, Richard

25.3%

521 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bakke Varzandeh, Joyce

0.0%

18 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Bartleson, Thomas

0.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bates, Donna

0.0%

10 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Beschta, Susan M

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Burnham, Shayne R.

0.0%

24 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Burns, John

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Cabrera, Esmeralda

37.4%

171 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Chen, Shana W.

7.4%

1,208 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Cheng, David

20.3%

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

Chew, George T.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Christensen, Jesse B.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Chugh, Amit

55.1%

78 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Combs, Corey

0.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Copeland, Cary H.

0.0%

8 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Costanzo, Lawrence Di

33.3%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Counihan, Brian

0.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Crosland, David W.

0.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

D'Andrea, Holly A.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Day, Steven F.

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Dogin, Henry S.

35.7%

1,753 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Drucker, Richard

0.0%

8 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ehlers, Patrick J.

25.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Finston, Leo A.

41.4%

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

Furlong, John M., JR.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Gagnon, Paul M.

66.7%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Garcy, Annie S.

49.1%

1,813 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gover, Erin

0.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Harbeck, Dorothy A.

55.9%

34 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Harris, Rodger C.

43.3%

30 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hinds Roach, Denise A.

21.9%

187 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hom, Sandy

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Jeannopoulos, Amanda

52.5%

335 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Johnson-Papillo, Carrie C.

68.8%

48 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Kahan, Michelle

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Kaplan, Elliot M.

73.1%

26 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Khan, Amiena A.

80.2%

207 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Kim, Nicole

40.7%

167 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Klahr, Deborah E.

16.7%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Koppenhofer, Andrea

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Lane, Nicole

7.5%

1,363 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.4%

Lechtrecker, Kerri

0.0%

16 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Leeds, Frederic G.

51.6%

510 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ling, Lisa W.

0.0%

22 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Little, Anna C.

62.5%

136 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Livingston, Donn L.

100.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Mannion, Steve

7.2%

373 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Manuel, Elise

36.5%

159 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Meisner, Daniel A.

21.2%

675 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Miller, Joe D.

66.7%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Moore, Carol

0.5%

206 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.5%

Morace, Philip L.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Mullican, Leila Mcneill.

31.6%

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

Naselow-Nahas, Tara

0.0%

11 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Nazaire, Karen

0.0%

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

Neal, Michael M.

7.2%

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

Niburg, Rebecca

0.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

O'Malley, Brenda

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Ouslander, Charles

50.0%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Page, Alan L.

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Panopoulos, Adam

32.0%

178 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Patel, Roopal

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Picione, Anthony

0.0%

61 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Pierro, Laura N.

25.1%

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

Pieters, Edwin

0.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Pope, Jason L.

36.5%

430 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Pugliese, Eugene

28.0%

1,151 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ranasinghe, Arya S.

28.4%

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

Rastegar, Ramin

26.0%

585 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 3.4%

Reichenberg, Margaret R.

16.7%

486 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Reid, Dara

0.0%

15 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Riefkohl, Alberto J.

58.9%

2,708 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 1.1%

Rohan, Patricia A.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Roy, Susan G.

35.3%

139 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Rubin, Shifra

59.2%

638 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ryan, Dennis

11.6%

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

Saltzman, Eva S.

16.7%

30 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Shirole, Pallavi S.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Strasser, William

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€”

Tadal, Mirlande

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ubarri, Maria

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

ul-Haq, Ubaid

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€”

Verrillo, Philip

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Vomacka, Alan A.

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€”

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.