EOIR / Immigration Court

Miami Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

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

Court lifetime grant rate

23.0%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

104,817

All recorded asylum decisions

Last data refresh

2026-05-20

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
Alexander, Scott G.	22.9%	5,419
Araneta, Michelle	9.1%	1,017
Ayze, Thomas	7.8%	1,780
Balasquide, Javier E.	16.4%	2,267
Bonet, Illya-Karina J.	13.0%	54
Bradley, Kevin G.	18.6%	2,341
Brown, Charlotte D.	14.2%	394
Brown, Sam	66.7%	6
Burgess, Abraham L.	18.6%	1,646
Chait, Barry S.	2.0%	150
Chapa, Teofilo	21.1%	3,577
Cole, Timothy M.	24.1%	932
Coleman, Sandra S.	67.0%	1,697
Crews, John G.	0.0%	2
Crosland, David W.	27.5%	477
De Jongh, Lourdes Rodriguez	27.3%	991
Doolittle, John R.	0.0%	4
Dowell, J. Daniel	18.4%	4,924
Ford, Nicholas R	50.0%	6
Ford, Rex J.	13.4%	2,488
Foster, Neale	13.3%	15
Garcia, Madeline	8.5%	1,756
Gastley, Harry L.	5.4%	129
Gillies, John M.	0.0%	5
Gonzalez, Maithe	0.0%	3
Goodwin, Deborah K.	9.5%	641
Gossart, John F.	0.0%	1
Hansell, Renae M.	0.0%	8
Hanson, Mahlon F.	13.3%	3,031
Harris, Rodger C.	29.1%	581
Herman, Lakshmi	8.7%	755
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.	0.0%	1
Holliday, Carey R.	23.8%	983
Holyoak, Dalin R.	11.2%	1,177
Horn, Michael C.	27.4%	3,152
Houser, Wayne K.	0.0%	1
Juelle, Carlos R.	0.0%	7
Khan, Anwer A.	0.0%	7
Khanna, Rohit	8.6%	324
Kim, Morgan C.	0.0%	25
King JR., H. Lloyd	20.1%	1,097
Kleinfeld, Seymour R.	33.7%	1,808
Koelsch, David C.	11.8%	17
Lane, Denise A. Marks	23.2%	4,590
Lee, Mary C.	33.3%	6
Lerner, Romy	22.1%	240
Lopez-Enriquez, Maria	29.5%	657
Maingot, Anthony E.	16.7%	1,308
Mander, Stephen E.	35.2%	4,336
Marquez, Charlotte S.	0.0%	3
Marsteller, Eric W.	0.0%	4
Mart, H. Kevin	47.0%	436
Martinez-Esquivel, Lourdes	17.8%	2,479
Martyak, Christina M.	10.9%	138
Masters, Todd A.	25.0%	8
Mateo, Rene D.	19.6%	1,203
Mccormack, Nancy R.	33.4%	2,635
Mcguirk, Erica J.	0.0%	6
Mendez, Francisco	0.0%	2
Metcalf, Mark H.	20.8%	602
Midgley, Ian D.	22.9%	122
Miranda, Pedro A.	33.7%	2,912
Moreno, Roberto	12.5%	16
Navarro, Maria E.	0.0%	3
Nettles, Marsha K.	8.9%	675
Neumann, Monica	4.3%	714
Nguyen, Bao Q.	15.4%	13
Opaciuch, Adam	17.9%	882
Opaciuch, John	22.9%	1,521
Ortiz-Segura, Rafael	40.0%	5
Owens, Robert P.	17.6%	17
Padgett, Gail	0.0%	3
Page-Lozano, Jennifer Leigh	11.7%	179
Palomino, Jacinto	0.0%	2
Pereira, Jorge L.	24.6%	126
Pettinato, Barry J.	0.0%	1
Pressman, Christian M.	15.4%	175
Randall, Anthony J.	39.1%	2,000
Recio, Irene M.	14.1%	961
Reis, Christine	13.9%	1,380
Riggs, George W.	16.1%	180
Rivera, Jose	10.6%	1,415
Rosen, Benjamin	17.1%	164
Sanders, Charles J.	21.1%	3,392
Sandron, Ira	16.9%	555
Siegel, Stuart A.	7.3%	606
Sims, Deitrich H.	0.9%	221
Slavin, Denise N.	56.3%	2,307
Smikle, Suzette	42.9%	7
Sogocio, Rico M.	12.1%	1,468
Solow, Bruce W.	25.3%	3,389
Sonom, Ronald G.	28.1%	1,823
Spath, Vance H.	0.0%	2
Sukkar, Elisa M.	31.4%	2,476
Torg, Cynthia Shepherd	0.0%	3
Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana	29.3%	5,326
Ubarri, Maria	12.5%	808
Videla, Gabriel C.	10.8%	1,378
Visiting Judge 1,	0.0%	3
Walleisa, Michael G.	12.7%	1,383
Williams, Keith C.	16.7%	1,173
Williams, Phillip T.	10.5%	19
Wilson, Earle B	15.8%	663

Frequently asked questions

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

Across all recorded asylum decisions, the Miami Immigration Court has a lifetime grant rate of 23.0%, based on 104,817 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 Miami Immigration Court?

103 immigration judges currently appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for the Miami 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.