New York (NYC)
NYC
Aggregated asylum decision statistics across all immigration judges recorded at the New York (NYC), based on public EOIR case data.
Lifetime grant rate
66.8%
All recorded asylum decisions
12-month grant rate
11.2%
Most recent 12 months of data
Lifetime decisions
168,854
Total grants and denials on record
Judges
190
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 — the same methodology over a shorter window, which is why the two views can show different percentages.
Court lifetime grant rate
66.8%All recorded asylum decisions
Monthly grant rate — trailing 12 months
Judges
Abrams, Steven R.
46.8%842 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Adams, Lori
85.3%821 cases · 12-month grant rate: 71.6%
Adrian, Matthew T.
61.3%344 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Alexander, Erin
47.4%19 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Alexander, Scott G.
50.0%24 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Anderson, David C.
50.0%2 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Ayala, David
20.0%5 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Baez, Lucy
5.0%161 cases · 12-month grant rate: 5.3%
Bain, Quynh Vu
63.9%61 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Bain, Terry A.
93.2%5,874 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Balasquide, Javier E.
76.3%2,234 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Bank, Ira
66.7%3 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Barcus, E. Mark
56.3%16 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Bartolomei, Rico J.
100.0%2 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Behne, Audra R.
11.8%34 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Benton, Jimmie Lee
42.9%7 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Berich, Watson
0.0%31 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%
Beschta, Susan M
100.0%11 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Bither, Christine A.
45.5%11 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Bowens, Tanisha
0.0%11 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%
Bradley, Kevin G.
14.3%7 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Brennan, Noel A.
90.4%5,134 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Buchanan, Patricia L.
77.8%18 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Bukszpan, Joanna M.
77.9%3,379 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Burnham, Shayne R.
100.0%2 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Burns, John
2.2%231 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%
Burr, Sarah M.
71.7%2,663 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Calcador, Kerri
100.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Campanella, Lorianne
66.3%344 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Cassin, Olivia L.
86.0%1,084 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Chapa, Teofilo
23.1%13 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Chase, Jeffrey S.
51.8%1,278 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Cheng, Mary
71.1%1,086 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Chew, George T.
82.1%5,230 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Christensen, Jesse B.
59.9%2,357 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Chugh, Amit
56.0%343 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Clemente, Jesus
25.0%4 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Cohen, Raisa
84.2%1,269 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Cole, Samuel B.
100.0%3 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Coleman, Sandra S.
91.7%12 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Conroy, Charles R.
49.7%374 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Crawford, Carol A.
42.4%939 cases · 12-month grant rate: 7.0%
Criss, Scott D.
45.8%24 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Cusmano, Christopher
5.2%97 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%
Dandelet, Kyle
60.3%1,039 cases · 12-month grant rate: 37.0%
Dean, Larry R.
20.5%146 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Defillo, Irma Lopez
66.7%24 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Defonzo, Paul
48.4%1,710 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Donnolo, Paula
79.3%362 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Douchy, Evalyn P.
78.7%1,931 cases · 12-month grant rate: 51.1%
Downend, Larry W.
0.0%3 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Duck, John A., JR.
0.0%6 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Echavarren, Daniel
0.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Ehrens, Lisa
70.7%864 cases · 12-month grant rate: 87.3%
Elstein, Annette S.
76.7%2,510 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Factor, Samuel M.
48.0%1,268 cases · 12-month grant rate: 11.3%
Farber, Lauren T.
72.1%401 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Ferguson, Jason D.
0.0%6 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Ferris, Noel A.
54.3%1,406 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Ford, Rex J.
14.3%7 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Fraiden, David
88.9%27 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Fujimoto, James R.
0.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Gagnon, Paul M.
66.7%12 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Ghartey, Victoria L.
57.4%800 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Gillman, Marla
0.0%32 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%
Golovnin, Lena
51.0%1,368 cases · 12-month grant rate: 7.1%
Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E.
85.8%5,148 cases · 12-month grant rate: 100.0%
Gordon, Cynthia
67.4%1,305 cases · 12-month grant rate: 43.0%
Grogan, Edward
100.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Harbeck, Dorothy A.
50.0%1,451 cases · 12-month grant rate: 15.3%
Herndon, Megan B.
100.0%3 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.
32.9%1,430 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Ho, Anna
66.7%3 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Hochul, Denise
50.0%4 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Holliday, Carey R.
100.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Holloway, Richard
12.5%40 cases · 12-month grant rate: 12.8%
Holmes-Simmons, Theresa
74.5%2,198 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Hom, Howard C.
48.2%490 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Hom, Sandy
32.8%2,951 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Honeyman, Charles M.
45.1%408 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Hoover, Forrest W., III
100.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Horn, Michael C.
57.1%7 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Houser, Wayne K., JR.
0.0%2 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Hristova, Linda
1.4%217 cases · 12-month grant rate: 1.4%
Hurewitz, Kenneth S.
41.7%24 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Igoe, Alison
0.0%14 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%
Imburgia, Joseph S.
45.0%20 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Ipema, Henry P.
0.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Jankun, William F.
6.6%701 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Jeannopoulos, Amanda
38.8%614 cases · 12-month grant rate: 10.9%
Jefferies, Scott M.
0.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Johnson-Papillo, Carrie C.
17.8%1,180 cases · 12-month grant rate: 1.6%
Johnson, Kelly S.
0.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Johnston, Paul L
22.3%292 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Josephson, Kenneth
47.7%44 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Joyce, William
75.0%4 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Kandler, Edward R.
38.0%192 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Kanellakos, Thanos
0.0%43 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%
Karden, Stuart F.
100.0%2 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Karesh, Ellen
76.5%17 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Kelly, Wynne P.
19.2%26 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Kessler, Elizabeth A.
0.0%62 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%
Khan, Amiena A.
86.8%932 cases · 12-month grant rate: 28.6%
Kilker, Jean M.
12.5%40 cases · 12-month grant rate: 12.9%
Kim, David
89.2%452 cases · 12-month grant rate: 22.2%
Kitchen, James
0.0%27 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%
Klahr, Deborah E.
35.6%1,841 cases · 12-month grant rate: 2.9%
Klein, Eliza
41.7%12 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Kleinfeld, Seymour R.
63.9%36 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Kolbe, Margaret
76.2%622 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Kouris, Theodora N.
81.4%972 cases · 12-month grant rate: 42.0%
Kulick, Dawn
76.5%17 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Laforest, Brigitte
81.8%5,883 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Lalor, Kieran
0.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%
Lamb, Elizabeth A.
86.3%4,447 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Lane, Denise A. Marks
70.0%10 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Lazare-Raphael, Shirley
57.9%19 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Lee-Lo, Adrien
14.3%35 cases · 12-month grant rate: 18.2%
Leeds, Frederic G.
88.3%2,038 cases · 12-month grant rate: 76.3%
Levinsky, Mitchell A.
36.4%33 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Lewandowski, Robert M.
0.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Ling, Lisa W.
57.8%83 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Little, Anna C.
53.1%1,426 cases · 12-month grant rate: 19.3%
Livingston, Donn L.
29.2%113 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
London, Charlesa E.
53.8%26 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Lopez-Enriquez, Maria
100.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Loprest, F. James, JR.
71.8%2,543 cases · 12-month grant rate: 42.3%
Lurye, Maria
81.5%1,488 cases · 12-month grant rate: 75.4%
Maiellano, Gioia
24.5%871 cases · 12-month grant rate: 1.9%
Malloy, Rosalind K.
0.0%5 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Malvin, Daniel H.
0.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Manuel, Elise
100.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Mart, H. Kevin
75.0%4 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Martin, William J.
0.0%5 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Martinez, Hugo R.
0.0%2 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Mccarthy, James M.
38.2%834 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Mccormack, Nancy R.
56.3%16 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Mccullough, Charles M.
92.3%13 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Mcdermott, William
78.6%552 cases · 12-month grant rate: 50.0%
Mcfarland, Michael G.
55.8%1,658 cases · 12-month grant rate: 23.6%
Mcmanus, Margaret
90.0%5,085 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Mcnulty, Sheila
77.8%9 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Menkin, Jeffrey L.
2.9%102 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Miller, Joe D.
31.6%19 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Mills, Miriam K.
50.6%389 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Miranda, Pedro A.
58.8%17 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Mishkin, Marion S
0.0%14 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%
Morace, Philip L.
74.0%5,975 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Moskow, Robert
0.0%15 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%
Mulligan, Thomas J.
82.2%2,201 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Nassar, Dania
27.3%1,573 cases · 12-month grant rate: 6.3%
Navarro, Maria E.
80.4%603 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Nazaire, Karen
13.4%299 cases · 12-month grant rate: 1.1%
Nelson, Barbara A.
39.4%5,202 cases · 12-month grant rate: 10.7%
O'Leary, Brian M.
66.7%3 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
O'Leary, Thomas Michael
37.5%8 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Opaciuch, Adam
32.5%1,513 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Opaciuch, John
14.0%644 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Owens, Robert P.
33.3%3 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Page, Alan L.
100.0%3 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Palmer, Brian T.
38.6%560 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Parchert, Brett M.
26.1%23 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Peal, Tiesha
13.5%1,648 cases · 12-month grant rate: 3.3%
Perl, Adam
40.0%5 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Peterson, William C.
24.9%281 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Pierro, Laura N.
39.8%128 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Pieters, Edwin
61.9%134 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Poczter, Aviva L.
64.8%2,323 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Ragno, Thomas M.
0.0%4 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Randall, Anthony J.
62.5%32 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Rastegar, Ramin
100.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Reichenberg, Margaret R.
45.8%24 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Reid, Dara
0.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Reingold, Jonathan
30.6%930 cases · 12-month grant rate: 7.0%
Renner, Renee L.
38.5%13 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Rey Caldas, Carmen
80.7%161 cases · 12-month grant rate: 68.8%
Riley, Teresa L.
100.0%1 cases · 12-month grant rate: 100.0%
Rohan, Patricia A.
79.6%4,404 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Romig, Jeffrey L.
36.1%36 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Rubenstein, John S.
0.0%139 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%
Ruehle, Walter H.
25.0%16 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Russelburg, Joseph
35.7%294 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Sagerman, Roger F.
29.2%48 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Sagesse, Cathy
39.5%1,702 cases · 12-month grant rate: 4.0%
Samuels, Laurie
0.0%24 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%
Sanders, Charles J.
51.1%45 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Sandron, Ira
50.0%28 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Schmidt, Paul W.
100.0%2 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Schoppert, Douglas B.
78.3%5,585 cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Segal, Alice
81.4%2,680 cases · 12-month grant rate: 60.0%
Shapiro, Leonard I.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Sheppard, Patricia
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Sichel, Helen
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Siemietkowski, John
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Singh, Rantideva
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Slavin, Denise N.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Solow, Bruce W.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Sonom, Ronald G.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Speer, John K.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Spencer, Oshea
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Sponzo, Jem C.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Sponzo, Jem C.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Status Docket
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Status Docket Juvenile
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Sukkar, Elisa M.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Tadal, Mirlande
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Taylor, Khalilah
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Thompson, Donald W., JR.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Thompson, Donald W., JR.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Thompson, Donald W., JR.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Thompson, Donald W., JR.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Thomsen, Scott
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Thomsen, Scott
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Tsankov, Mimi
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Tsankov, Mimi
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Tsankov, Mimi
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Ubarri, Maria
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Vargas-Padilla, Nelson A.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Verma, Dinesh C.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Verma, Dinesh C.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Verma, Dinesh C.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Verma, Dinesh C.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Verma, Dinesh C.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Videla, Gabriel C.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Vinikoor, Robert D.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Vomacka, Alan A.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Ward, Robert Q.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Weisel, Robert D.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Williams, Keith C.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Williams, Phillip T.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Wilson, Earle B
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Wright, Virna A.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Wright, Virna A.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Wright, Virna A.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Wright, Virna A.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Wright, Virna A.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Wright, Virna A.
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Wyke, William Van
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Zagzoug, Randa
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Zagzoug, Randa
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Zagzoug, Randa
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Zagzoug, Randa
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Zagzoug, Randa
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —
Zagzoug, Randa
—— cases · 12-month grant rate: —