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New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

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

Court lifetime grant rate

64.1%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

201,583

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.50.8%1,028
Adams, Lori69.8%1,051
Adrian, Matthew T.51.4%477
Alexander, Erin50.0%22
Alexander, Scott G.44.4%27
Anderson, David C.50.0%2
Ayala, David16.7%6
Baez, Lucy4.9%122
Bain, Quynh Vu68.3%63
Bain, Terry A.88.8%6,726
Balasquide, Javier E.75.2%2,537
Bank, Ira66.7%3
Barcus, E. Mark64.7%17
Bartolomei, Rico J.100.0%2
Behne, Audra R.11.8%34
Benton, Jimmie Lee57.1%7
Beschta, Susan M100.0%12
Bither, Christine A.29.4%17
Bradley, Kevin G.20.0%5
Brennan, Noel A.86.4%6,356
Buchanan, Patricia L.68.0%25
Bukszpan, Joanna M.67.8%4,334
Burman, Lawrence O.100.0%1
Burnham, Shayne R.100.0%1
Burns, John1.7%361
Burr, Sarah M.69.7%2,993
Calcador, Kerri100.0%1
Campanella, Lorianne61.4%440
Cassin, Olivia L.83.7%1,488
Chapa, Teofilo23.1%13
Chase, Jeffrey S.49.5%1,321
Cheng, Mary72.1%1,625
Chew, George T.80.5%5,826
Christensen, Jesse B.56.7%3,073
Chugh, Amit53.8%390
Clemente, Jesus25.0%8
Clerical Transfer Code, 100.0%1
Cohen, Raisa80.3%1,633
Cole, Samuel B.100.0%3
Coleman, Sandra S.91.7%12
Conroy, Charles R.41.3%499
Crawford, Carol A.39.1%1,082
Criss, Scott D.40.7%27
Cusmano, Christopher1.6%63
Dandelet, Kyle51.4%1,321
Dean, Larry R.20.6%131
Defillo, Irma Lopez60.0%35
Defonzo, Paul47.3%2,034
Donnolo, Paula68.6%449
Douchy, Evalyn P.71.4%2,451
Duck, John A.0.0%6
Echavarren, Daniel0.0%1
Ehrens, Lisa60.3%1,054
Elstein, Annette S.72.5%2,978
Factor, Samuel M.42.3%1,798
Farber, Lauren T.67.2%469
Ferguson, Jason D.0.0%6
Ferris, Noel A.56.9%1,650
Ford, Rex J.16.7%6
Former Immigration Judge, 40.0%5
Fraiden, David100.0%31
Fujimoto, James R.0.0%1
Gagnon, Paul M.70.6%17
Ghartey, Victoria L.50.3%967
Golovnin, Lena44.7%1,880
Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E.80.5%6,214
Gordon, Cynthia56.3%1,736
Grogan, Edward100.0%1
Harbeck, Dorothy A.53.4%1,630
Herndon, Megan B.100.0%3
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.32.8%1,549
Ho, Anna50.0%6
Hochul, Denise50.0%8
Holliday, Carey R.100.0%1
Holmes-Simmons, Theresa73.0%2,498
Hom, Howard C.51.8%585
Hom, Sandy38.6%3,500
Honeyman, Charles M.46.8%417
Hoover, Forrest W.100.0%1
Horn, Michael C.62.5%8
Hristova, Linda0.0%53
Hurewitz, Kenneth S.45.5%22
Imburgia, Joseph S.40.9%22
Iskra, Wayne0.0%1
Jankun, William F.8.5%781
Jeannopoulos, Amanda26.0%919
Johnson-Papillo, Carrie C.20.3%1,471
Johnson, Kelly S.0.0%1
Johnston, Paul L.22.1%316
Josephson, Kenneth53.3%45
Joyce, William75.0%4
Kandler, Edward R.43.2%185
Karden, Stuart F.50.0%4
Karesh, Ellen72.2%18
Kelly, Wynne P.17.9%28
Khan, Amiena A.73.7%1,300
Kim, David67.0%622
Klahr, Deborah E.41.3%1,746
Klein, Eliza40.0%15
Kleinfeld, Seymour R.61.3%31
Kolbe, Margaret72.8%775
Koppenhofer, Andrea100.0%1
Kouris, Theodora N.64.7%1,318
Kulick, Dawn54.2%24
Laforest, Brigitte79.4%6,884
Lalor, Kieran0.0%1
Lamb, Elizabeth A.77.6%5,402
Lane, Denise A. Marks70.0%10
Latimore, Jan D.0.0%3
Lazare-Raphael, Shirley56.5%23
Leeds, Frederic G.69.6%2,946
Levinsky, Mitchell A.46.2%26
Lewandowski, Robert M.0.0%1
Ling, Lisa W.53.9%89
Little, Anna C.54.7%1,429
Livingston, Donn L.41.0%122
London, Charlesa E.53.3%30
Lopez-Enriquez, Maria100.0%1
Loprest, F. James65.0%3,389
Lurye, Maria67.6%2,132
Maiellano, Gioia32.9%732
Malloy, Rosalind K.0.0%4
Malvin, Daniel H.0.0%1
Manuel, Elise100.0%1
Mart, H. Kevin75.0%4
Martin, William J.0.0%2
Martinez, Hugo R.0.0%2
Mccarthy, James M.36.7%943
Mccormack, Nancy R.50.0%18
Mccullough, Charles M.86.7%15
Mcdermott, William70.1%662
Mcfarland, Michael G.49.1%2,070
Mcmanus, Margaret89.6%5,547
Mcnulty, Sheila90.0%30
Menkin, Jeffrey L.2.7%110
Miller, Joe D.28.6%21
Mills, Miriam K.52.9%414
Miranda, Pedro A.55.6%18
Morace, Philip L.78.9%6,435
Mulligan, Thomas J.82.2%2,487
Nassar, Dania31.5%1,379
Navarro, Maria E.78.9%787
Nazaire, Karen6.2%856
Nelson, Barbara A.41.2%6,489
O'Leary, Brian M.66.7%3
O'Leary, Thomas Michael37.5%8
Opaciuch, Adam35.1%1,541
Opaciuch, John15.3%701
Owens, Robert P.33.3%3
Page, Alan L.100.0%3
Palmer, Brian T.37.5%711
Parchert, Brett M.33.3%27
Peal, Tiesha15.9%1,639
Perl, Adam25.0%8
Peterson, William C.25.3%285
Pierro, Laura N.35.8%179
Pieters, Edwin47.1%191
Poczter, Aviva L.61.7%2,956
Ragno, Thomas M.0.0%1
Randall, Anthony J.63.6%33
Rastegar, Ramin100.0%1
Reichenberg, Margaret R.52.9%34
Reingold, Jonathan31.6%914
Renner, Renee L.35.7%14
Rey Caldas, Carmen54.8%241
Rohan, Patricia A.82.3%4,720
Romig, Jeffrey L.16.7%36
Ruehle, Walter H.22.2%18
Russelburg, Joseph36.6%298
Sagerman, Roger F.30.9%55
Sagesse, Cathy41.8%1,866
Sanders, Charles J.53.1%49
Sandron, Ira50.0%28
Schmidt, Paul W.100.0%2
Schoppert, Douglas B.77.3%6,530
Segal, Alice72.4%3,401
Shapiro, Leonard I.71.4%7
Sheppard, Patricia0.0%5
Sichel, Helen74.1%5,713
Siemietkowski, John21.2%1,492
Singh, Rantideva10.2%59
Slavin, Denise N.62.5%8
Solow, Bruce W.87.5%8
Sonom, Ronald G.60.0%5
Speer, John K.13.5%89
Spencer, Oshea22.7%629
Sponzo, Jem C.45.2%3,064
Status Docket Juvenile, 0.0%1
Status Docket, 100.0%1
Sukkar, Elisa M.27.5%51
Tadal, Mirlande50.0%6
Taylor, John D.0.0%1
Taylor, Khalilah73.2%56
Thompson, Donald W.58.3%3,111
Thomsen, Scott64.0%906
Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana20.0%5
Tsankov, Mimi69.0%1,076
Ubarri, Maria63.8%138
Vargas-Padilla, Nelson A.0.0%1
Videla, Gabriel C.48.8%2,317
Vinikoor, Robert D.100.0%2
Visiting Judge 1, 71.4%7
Visiting Judge 12, 100.0%1
Visiting Judge 2, 0.0%1
Visiting Judge 4, 100.0%1
Visiting Judge 5, 100.0%2
Visiting Judge 8, 100.0%1
Vomacka, Alan A.44.5%1,471
Ward, Robert Q.0.0%4
Weisel, Robert D.65.4%3,692
Williams, Keith C.50.0%4
Williams, Phillip T.100.0%3
Wilson, Earle B24.4%41
Wright, Virna A.58.1%3,691
Wyke, William Van85.0%3,349
Zagzoug, Randa72.1%3,670

Frequently asked questions

What is the asylum grant rate at the New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court?

Across all recorded asylum decisions, the New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court has a lifetime grant rate of 64.1%, based on 201,583 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 New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court?

216 immigration judges currently appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for the New York - Federal Plaza 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.