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Boston Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

Aggregated asylum decision statistics across all immigration judges currently sitting at the Boston Immigration Court, based on FOIA-released EOIR data.

Court lifetime grant rate

52.0%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

33,863

All recorded asylum decisions

Last data refresh

2026-05-21

From Deportation Data Project FOIA release

Lifetime aggregates use the same methodology as the per-judge trailing-12-month rates in the roster below — only the time window differs, which is why the two views can show different percentages.

Monthly grant-rate trend

0%25%50%75%100%

Judges at this court

JudgeLifetime grant rateLifetime cases
Abrams, Steven R.66.7%3
Adkins-Blanch, Charles51.6%31
Adler, Steven V.71.3%108
Ahmed, Sameer87.2%133
Baez, Lucy66.7%6
Bain, Quynh Vu73.1%93
Bartleson, Thomas0.0%2
Bashore, Jacob D.16.7%6
Burman, Lawrence O.46.2%26
Cade, Sarah46.1%1,425
Campanella, Lorianne75.0%4
Cato, Richard40.1%152
Chen, Shana W.100.0%1
Cheng, David0.0%1
Cheng, Mary0.0%1
Chew, George T.50.0%2
Cho, Yul-mi9.4%128
Chung, Jennifer25.0%4
Costanzo, Lawrence Di100.0%6
Couch, V. Stuart0.0%4
Cramer, Francis L.54.4%739
D'Ambrosio, Billino W31.3%179
D'Angelo, Matthew J.64.0%1,422
Day, Steven F.28.3%113
Dogin, Henry S.50.0%4
Donovan, Mark D.43.8%632
Douchy, Evalyn P.100.0%2
Driscoll, Robert0.0%4
Duck, John A.50.0%2
Eller, Donald R.0.0%4
Feder, Robin E.70.8%1,948
Furlong, John M.30.1%1,048
Gagnon, Paul M.65.5%1,683
Garcy, Annie S.66.7%9
Geisse, Loreto100.0%1
Glass, Andrew J.43.8%16
Gorman, Stephanie100.0%2
Gover, Erin46.6%797
Griffiths, Nancy39.7%58
Grogan, Edward0.0%3
Gundlach, Robert0.0%1
Hall, Jonathan36.8%76
Harris, Rodger C.74.1%170
Hart, Brandon L.0.0%7
Herndon, Megan B.68.0%25
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.49.5%95
Holmes-Simmons, Theresa80.4%189
Honeyman, Charles M.57.1%14
Houser, Wayne K.100.0%1
Jalelian, Lincoln S.41.1%258
Josephson, Kenneth44.0%25
Joyce, William65.4%425
Kahan, Michelle25.7%1,332
Kaplan, Elliot M.85.7%7
Karesh, Ellen64.3%14
Kassell, Joseph100.0%1
Khan, Amiena A.50.0%2
King, Carol A.0.0%3
Klein, Eliza59.8%1,928
Krasinski, Carolyn50.0%6
Kubica, Hannah26.5%283
Lloyd, Michael0.0%1
Luskin, Joshua D.47.8%92
Mangoli, Vimala S.0.0%2
Masters, Todd A.34.1%1,562
May, Jennifer A.0.0%1
McEwen, Justin61.9%84
Menezes de Araujo, Juliana10.3%195
Miranda, Pedro A.83.3%6
Mulcahy, Jennifer A18.9%122
Mungoven, Thomas50.0%4
Munro, Angela35.1%248
Napier, Wade Thomas45.0%180
Nelson, Barbara A.33.3%3
Newberry, Robert D.0.0%1
Niburg, Rebecca0.0%1
Norkin, David100.0%2
Nugent, James A.57.9%19
O'Malley, Brenda63.5%3,041
O'Sullivan, Maureen85.1%2,550
Ostrom, Donald27.7%83
Palmer, Brian T.25.0%4
Pappas, George25.0%128
Patel, Roopal32.3%895
Peterson, William C.10.0%10
Phan-Quang, Tue50.0%4
Piateski, Jennifer E.50.0%52
Pugliese, Eugene75.0%4
Purnell, Charles N.0.0%3
Ragno, Thomas M.32.5%323
Rainey, Zol1.4%72
Reichenberg, Margaret R.36.8%19
Rivera, Tamaira58.7%63
Robertson, David11.1%162
Roe, Adrian N.44.8%248
Rusher, Marna M57.9%145
Sady, Michael52.3%287
Saldana Mistry, Lucero35.1%325
Sanchez, Jose A.29.6%115
Santen, Sean D.69.0%42
Santiago, Luisa32.1%56
Schools, Shelly W.16.3%43
Shapiro, Leonard I.61.2%1,942
Sheppard, Patricia50.9%992
Shirole, Pallavi S.0.0%1
Smith, Natalie31.4%118
Staton, Jack W.25.0%4
Stockton, Bette Kane10.0%10
Straus, Michael W.55.9%34
Sturla, Mario J.36.7%2,555
Tadal, Mirlande50.0%14
Taylor, Khalilah90.0%10
Terrien, Jeb31.1%277
Thielemann, Christopher J.100.0%4
Thomsen, Scott75.0%4
Tregerman, Gwendylan E.44.1%978
Verrillo, Philip79.2%24
Ward, George James30.8%13
Weil, Jack H.42.9%14
Weisel, Robert D.66.7%6
Wilson, Earle B0.0%1
Wyke, William Van0.0%1

Frequently asked questions

What is the asylum grant rate at the Boston Immigration Court?

Across all recorded asylum decisions, the Boston Immigration Court has a lifetime grant rate of 52.0%, based on 33,863 merit decisions released by the EOIR under FOIA. This figure is weighted across every immigration judge who has sat at this court and uses the standard methodology of cases granted divided by cases granted plus cases ordered removed.

How many immigration judges sit at the Boston Immigration Court?

122 immigration judges currently appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for the Boston Immigration Court. Each judge's per-case statistics are listed in the judge roster on this page; lifetime grant rates per judge can diverge from the court-wide aggregate because of caseload mix and decision volume.

Where does this data come from?

Case-level outcomes were released by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) under the Freedom of Information Act and republished by the Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley). Aggregates are corroborated by TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University). See the methodology footer for source links.

Is the grant rate predictive of an individual case outcome?

No. The grant rate is a statistical aggregate over completed decisions; it is not a prediction. Individual case outcomes depend on case-specific merits, evidence, country conditions, and the quality of counsel. This page is informational and does not constitute legal advice.

Methodology & sources

Primary source
Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley) — FOIA-released EOIR case-level data from the Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley).
Secondary source
TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University) — Independent corroboration of grant-rate aggregates from TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University).
Last data refresh
2026-05-21

Statistical data only. Case outcomes depend on case-specific merits, evidence, and counsel quality. This page is provided for informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice or a guarantee of any outcome.