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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

61.8%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

209,632

All recorded asylum decisions

Last data refresh

2026-09-03

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%1,025
Adams, Lori70.1%1,046
Adrian, Matthew T.51.5%476
Alexander, Erin50.0%22
Alexander, Scott G.44.4%27
Anderson, David C.50.0%2
Ayala, David16.7%6
Baez, Lucy4.5%418
Bain, Quynh Vu68.3%63
Bain, Terry A.88.9%6,718
Balasquide, Javier E.75.2%2,529
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
Berich, Watson0.0%42
Beschta, Susan M100.0%12
Bither, Christine A.29.4%17
Bowens, Tanisha0.0%80
Bradley, Kevin G.20.0%5
Brennan, Noel A.86.5%6,353
Buchanan, Patricia L.68.0%25
Bukszpan, Joanna M.67.9%4,328
Burman, Lawrence O.100.0%1
Burnham, Shayne R.100.0%1
Burns, John1.3%455
Burr, Sarah M.69.8%2,988
Calcador, Kerri100.0%1
Campanella, Lorianne61.4%440
Cassin, Olivia L.83.7%1,488
Chapa, Teofilo23.1%13
Chase, Jeffrey S.49.5%1,320
Cheng, Mary72.1%1,623
Chew, George T.80.5%5,822
Christensen, Jesse B.56.7%3,071
Chugh, Amit53.8%390
Clemente, Jesus25.0%8
Clerical Transfer Code, 100.0%1
Cohen, Raisa80.3%1,632
Cole, Samuel B.100.0%3
Coleman, Sandra S.91.7%12
Conroy, Charles R.41.3%499
Crawford, Carol A.32.0%1,355
Criss, Scott D.40.7%27
Cusmano, Christopher1.6%322
Dandelet, Kyle50.5%1,367
Dean, Larry R.20.6%131
Defillo, Irma Lopez60.0%35
Defonzo, Paul47.3%2,029
Donnolo, Paula68.6%449
Douchy, Evalyn P.71.4%2,450
Duck, John A.0.0%6
Echavarren, Daniel0.0%1
Ehrens, Lisa60.4%1,055
Elstein, Annette S.72.5%2,977
Factor, Samuel M.37.1%2,081
Farber, Lauren T.66.6%473
Ferguson, Jason D.0.0%6
Ferris, Noel A.56.8%1,649
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
Gillman, Marla0.0%30
Golovnin, Lena43.3%1,967
Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E.80.6%6,208
Gordon, Cynthia56.1%1,738
Grogan, Edward100.0%1
Harbeck, Dorothy A.48.3%1,850
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
Holloway, Richard6.1%82
Holmes-Simmons, Theresa73.1%2,495
Hom, Howard C.51.9%584
Hom, Sandy38.6%3,494
Honeyman, Charles M.46.8%417
Hoover, Forrest W.100.0%1
Horn, Michael C.62.5%8
Hristova, Linda1.6%431
Hurewitz, Kenneth S.45.5%22
Igoe, Alison0.0%74
Imburgia, Joseph S.40.9%22
Iskra, Wayne0.0%1
Jankun, William F.8.5%781
Jeannopoulos, Amanda26.1%917
Johnson-Papillo, Carrie C.18.7%1,654
Johnson, Kelly S.0.0%1
Johnston, Paul L22.1%316
Jones, David M.0.0%135
Josephson, Kenneth53.3%45
Joyce, William75.0%4
Kandler, Edward R.43.5%184
Kanellakos, Thanos0.0%74
Karden, Stuart F.50.0%4
Karesh, Ellen72.2%18
Kelly, Wynne P.17.9%28
Kessler, Elizabeth A.0.0%47
Khan, Amiena A.73.6%1,302
Kilker, Jean M.6.5%138
Kim, David67.3%620
Kitchen, James0.0%45
Klahr, Deborah E.30.6%2,366
Klein, Eliza40.0%15
Kleinfeld, Seymour R.61.3%31
Kolbe, Margaret72.9%774
Koppenhofer, Andrea100.0%1
Kouris, Theodora N.64.7%1,318
Kulick, Dawn54.2%24
Laforest, Brigitte79.4%6,880
Lalor, Kieran0.0%1
Lamb, Elizabeth A.77.7%5,398
Lane, Denise A. Marks70.0%10
Latimore, Jan D.0.0%3
Lazare-Raphael, Shirley56.5%23
Lee-Lo, Adrien6.3%254
Leeds, Frederic G.69.7%2,942
Levinsky, Mitchell A.46.2%26
Lewandowski, Robert M.0.0%1
Ling, Lisa W.53.9%89
Little, Anna C.39.1%2,098
Livingston, Donn L.41.0%122
London, Charlesa E.55.2%29
Lopez-Enriquez, Maria100.0%1
Loprest, F. James61.7%3,605
Lurye, Maria67.7%2,130
Maiellano, Gioia24.2%1,016
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.36.8%941
Mccormack, Nancy R.50.0%18
Mccullough, Charles M.86.7%15
Mcdermott, William70.5%668
Mcfarland, Michael G.45.5%2,268
Mcmanus, Margaret89.6%5,541
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
Mishkin, Marion S0.0%13
Morace, Philip L.78.9%6,429
Moskow, Robert0.0%17
Mulligan, Thomas J.82.3%2,483
Nassar, Dania24.5%1,854
Navarro, Maria E.78.9%787
Nazaire, Karen6.2%851
Nelson, Barbara A.39.9%6,733
Niburg, Rebecca0.0%85
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.37.6%710
Parchert, Brett M.33.3%27
Peal, Tiesha11.6%2,319
Perl, Adam25.0%8
Peterson, William C.25.3%285
Pierro, Laura N.36.0%178
Pieters, Edwin47.1%191
Poczter, Aviva L.61.7%2,955
Ragno, Thomas M.0.0%1
Randall, Anthony J.63.6%33
Rastegar, Ramin100.0%1
Reichenberg, Margaret R.52.9%34
Reingold, Jonathan26.5%1,099
Renner, Renee L.35.7%14
Rey Caldas, Carmen54.5%242
Riley, Teresa L.100.0%1
Rohan, Patricia A.82.3%4,718
Romig, Jeffrey L.16.7%36
Rubenstein, John S.0.0%152
Ruehle, Walter H.22.2%18
Russelburg, Joseph36.6%298
Sagerman, Roger F.30.9%55
Sagesse, Cathy35.1%2,272
Samuels, Laurie0.0%64
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%3,402
Shapiro, Leonard I.71.4%7
Sheppard, Patricia0.0%5
Sichel, Helen74.1%5,704
Siemietkowski, John18.9%1,735
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.13.6%88
Spencer, Oshea22.8%628
Sponzo, Jem C.43.8%3,171
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, Khalilah71.7%60
Thompson, Donald W.58.3%3,113
Thomsen, Scott64.1%905
Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana20.0%5
Tsankov, Mimi69.0%1,076
Ubarri, Maria64.2%137
Vargas-Padilla, Nelson A.0.0%1
Verma, Dinesh C.0.0%101
Videla, Gabriel C.48.8%2,314
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.44.6%1,467
Ward, Robert Q.0.0%4
Weisel, Robert D.65.4%3,691
Williams, Keith C.50.0%4
Williams, Phillip T.100.0%3
Wilson, Earle B24.4%41
Wright, Virna A.54.1%3,981
Wyke, William Van85.0%3,349
Zagzoug, Randa72.1%3,669

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 61.8%, based on 209,632 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?

234 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
2026-09-03

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.