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Cleveland Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

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

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Court lifetime grant rate

17.3%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

15,930

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

Judges at this court

Judge	Lifetime grant rate	Lifetime cases
Adkins-Blanch, Charles	32.4%	34
Bain, Quynh Vu	33.3%	3
Baird, Michael P.	0.0%	2
Baker, Glen R.	26.3%	38
Baxter, Laura A.	50.0%	54
Bolling, Brandon M.	0.0%	1
Brown, Alison M.	35.1%	1,223
Brown, Charlotte D.	0.0%	1
Bryant, John Milo	41.7%	482
Burke, Patrick	2.5%	831
Burns, John	50.0%	2
Churchill, Joan V.	55.1%	69
Clemente, Jesus	50.0%	6
Corrin, Melanie K.	0.0%	1
Crosland, David W.	0.0%	4
Daugherty, Daniel J.	0.0%	4
Davey, Benjamin	0.0%	39
Drucker, Richard	8.4%	562
Ehlers, Patrick J.	0.0%	2
Evans, D. William	23.0%	1,151
Fluke, Randall L.	0.0%	6
Gardzelewski, Ivan E.	0.0%	2
Grant, M. Christopher	16.2%	198
Guzzo, Fred J.	0.0%	8
Hacker, Elizabeth A.	0.0%	2
Harris, Rodger C.	53.8%	197
Hines Jr, Glen Ray.	0.0%	4
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.	40.0%	15
Horton, Monte J.	12.3%	861
Howard, Justin W.	71.4%	21
Hunsucker, Keith E.	5.2%	96
Hurst, Anthony	0.0%	12
Imbacuan, Bruce	7.9%	903
Iskra, Wayne	42.1%	280
Janas, Thomas	29.7%	686
Jaroch, Brandon	0.0%	1
Lazare-Raphael, Shirley	25.0%	4
Lippman, Daniel	100.0%	1
Maldonado, Luis	0.0%	5
Malphrus, Garry D.	29.5%	122
Martinez, Anibal D.	0.0%	2
Mccarthy, James F.	16.3%	141
Mccarthy, James M.	0.0%	1
Mckenna, Patrick M.	25.0%	4
Nemer, Tania T.	17.5%	103
Newberry, Robert D.	0.0%	1
O'Leary, Brian M.	47.8%	111
Owens, Jonathan W.	7.1%	822
Owens, Robert P.	50.0%	4
Pashayan, Donald	6.8%	1,215
Peyton, Jennifer I.	0.0%	1
Renner, Renee L.	0.0%	2
Riedthaler-Williams, Jennifer M.	7.8%	845
Riley, Teresa L.	10.9%	975
Romig, Jeffrey L.	13.0%	69
Russo, David	0.0%	3
Salinardi, Jayme	25.0%	4
Santoro, Jeremy	9.5%	696
Schmidt, Paul W.	59.1%	230
Seppanen, Christopher R.	19.1%	304
Snow, Thomas G.	31.5%	257
Tripi, Michael	10.2%	1,200
Visiting Judge 5,	0.0%	1
Visiting Judge 6,	0.0%	1
Visiting Judge 9,	100.0%	1
Walters, Rebecca J.	0.0%	1
Weisel, Robert D.	0.0%	1
Whipple, David C.	11.7%	995
Wood, Ryan R.	85.7%	7

Frequently asked questions

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

Across all recorded asylum decisions, the Cleveland Immigration Court has a lifetime grant rate of 17.3%, based on 15,930 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 Cleveland Immigration Court?

69 immigration judges currently appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for the Cleveland 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.