EOIR / Immigration Court

Newark Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

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

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Court lifetime grant rate

34.4%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

33,410

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
<All Judges>,	0.0%	1
Akalski, Maria I.	3.8%	2,731
Armstrong, Adrian N.	33.3%	9
Ayala, David	0.0%	2
Bailey, Richard	22.1%	598
Bain, Terry A.	100.0%	1
Bakke Varzandeh, Joyce	0.0%	18
Bartleson, Thomas	0.0%	4
Beschta, Susan M	100.0%	1
Burnham, Shayne R.	0.0%	26
Burns, John	0.0%	1
Cabrera, Esmeralda	33.5%	278
Chen, Shana W.	11.5%	1,735
Cheng, David	38.6%	1,193
Chew, George T.	0.0%	1
Christensen, Jesse B.	0.0%	3
Chugh, Amit	63.8%	218
Combs, Corey	0.0%	4
Copeland, Cary H.	0.0%	8
Costanzo, Lawrence Di	33.3%	6
Counihan, Brian	0.0%	63
Crosland, David W.	0.0%	4
Day, Steven F.	100.0%	1
Dicamillo, Angelo J.	0.0%	1
Dogin, Henry S.	40.3%	2,029
Drucker, Richard	0.0%	10
Ehlers, Patrick J.	33.3%	6
Finston, Leo A.	42.3%	1,148
Furlong, John M.	0.0%	1
Gagnon, Paul M.	75.0%	8
Garcy, Annie S.	53.5%	2,370
Gover, Erin	0.0%	4
Harbeck, Dorothy A.	63.6%	44
Harris, Rodger C.	57.8%	45
Hinds Roach, Denise A.	19.7%	239
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.	0.0%	2
Hom, Sandy	0.0%	2
Jeannopoulos, Amanda	53.1%	407
Johnson-Papillo, Carrie C.	51.1%	94
Kahan, Michelle	0.0%	2
Kaplan, Elliot M.	60.5%	38
Khan, Amiena A.	74.9%	319
Kim, Nicole	33.8%	240
Klahr, Deborah E.	36.4%	11
Koppenhofer, Andrea	0.0%	3
Lane, Nicole	5.6%	1,800
Leeds, Frederic G.	49.6%	778
Ling, Lisa W.	0.0%	26
Little, Anna C.	62.5%	136
Livingston, Donn L.	100.0%	2
Mannion, Steve	7.6%	380
Manuel, Elise	37.4%	198
Meisner, Daniel A.	31.0%	590
Miller, Joe D.	66.7%	3
Moore, Carol	0.0%	84
Morace, Philip L.	0.0%	1
Mullican, Leila Mcneill.	37.6%	1,018
Naselow-Nahas, Tara	0.0%	12
Nazaire, Karen	0.0%	282
Neal, Michael M.	9.1%	817
Niburg, Rebecca	0.0%	5
O'Malley, Brenda	0.0%	3
Ouslander, Charles	37.5%	8
Page, Alan L.	71.4%	7
Panopoulos, Adam	28.6%	199
Patel, Roopal	0.0%	3
Pelletier, J. Dan	0.0%	1
Pierro, Laura N.	30.6%	739
Pieters, Edwin	0.0%	3
Pope, Jason L.	34.1%	460
Pugliese, Eugene	33.7%	1,301
Ranasinghe, Arya S.	41.6%	810
Rastegar, Ramin	38.1%	1,216
Reichenberg, Margaret R.	27.3%	649
Reid, Dara	0.0%	16
Riefkohl, Alberto J.	57.2%	4,228
Rohan, Patricia A.	0.0%	1
Roy, Susan G.	38.9%	167
Rubin, Shifra	54.0%	981
Ryan, Dennis	19.7%	513
Saltzman, Eva S.	15.6%	32
Shirole, Pallavi S.	23.7%	498
Strasser, William	62.2%	450
Straus, Michael W.	52.6%	57
Sturla, Mario J.	0.0%	1
Tadal, Mirlande	16.7%	42
Ubarri, Maria	100.0%	1
ul-Haq, Ubaid	0.0%	2
Vargas-Padilla, Nelson A.	0.0%	5
Verrillo, Philip	80.0%	35
Visiting Judge 1,	100.0%	2
Vomacka, Alan A.	0.0%	1
Wilson, Tamar H.	32.2%	916
Wright, Virna A.	0.0%	2

Frequently asked questions

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

Across all recorded asylum decisions, the Newark Immigration Court has a lifetime grant rate of 34.4%, based on 33,410 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 Newark Immigration Court?

94 immigration judges currently appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for the Newark 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.