EOIR / Immigration Court

Orlando Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

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

Court lifetime grant rate

26.1%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

39,881

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
Abrams, Steven R.	42.1%	19
Adams, Anna	16.6%	1,028
Adkins-Blanch, Charles	50.0%	6
Alberdi, Yon K.	17.0%	1,521
Alexander, Scott G.	18.8%	16
Allmond, Thomas	0.0%	2
Ayala, David	94.1%	17
Bain, Terry A.	100.0%	8
Balasquide, Javier E.	0.0%	8
Benton, Jimmie Lee	0.0%	5
Bradley, Kevin G.	0.0%	3
Brady, Jeffry	0.0%	20
Burke, Brian	4.3%	671
Burman, Lawrence O.	59.1%	22
Campos, Alisha C.	100.0%	2
Cato, Richard	9.4%	553
Chapa, Teofilo	10.0%	70
Chapman, Kevin Jerome.	26.4%	2,491
Clerical Transfer Code,	77.8%	9
Defonzo, Paul	0.0%	1
Diaz-Rex, Julia	5.0%	721
Dodd, Diane	0.0%	5
Dogin, Henry S.	9.1%	11
Dowell, J. Daniel	7.6%	92
Duck, John A.	21.4%	14
Espinal, Pedro J.	1.4%	493
Ford, Rex J.	13.4%	209
Former Immigration Judge,	100.0%	1
Frederick, Jeffrey	2.1%	424
Gagnon, Paul M.	80.0%	15
Garcy, Annie S.	25.0%	4
Geisse, Loreto	65.4%	26
Ghartey, Victoria L.	41.1%	4,823
Gorman, Stephanie	45.5%	11
Grim, James K.	33.6%	2,048
Hanson, Mahlon F.	5.4%	37
Harris, Monique	23.3%	894
Harris, Rodger C.	12.8%	736
Hart, Brandon L.	0.0%	9
Hawkes, Joshua	0.0%	1
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.	47.4%	38
Holmes-Simmons, Theresa	100.0%	12
Hom, Sandy	31.8%	22
Horn, Michael C.	0.0%	6
Houser, Wayne K.	42.9%	14
Hurewitz, Kenneth S.	25.0%	36
Jalelian, Lincoln S.	0.0%	2
Jamadar, Richard A.	15.2%	876
Johnson, Shane E.	0.0%	2
Josephson, Kenneth	51.1%	92
Karden, Stuart F.	31.9%	1,654
Klinedinst, James	0.0%	40
Laforest, Brigitte	50.0%	8
Lamb, Elizabeth A.	66.7%	6
Lang, Elizabeth G.	17.1%	1,007
Leeds, Frederic G.	37.5%	8
Lippman, Daniel	29.9%	1,443
Maingot, Anthony E.	0.0%	3
Mart, H. Kevin	0.0%	9
Mccormack, Nancy R.	20.0%	5
Mchugh, R. Kevin	13.8%	449
Menkin, Jeffrey L.	0.0%	1
Midgley, Ian D.	11.4%	79
Miller, Monte G.	0.0%	1
Montante Jr., Philip J.	5.5%	73
Morace, Philip L.	44.4%	9
Moreno, Roberto	35.6%	1,383
Mouakar, Nicole	0.0%	3
Mulligan, Thomas J.	0.0%	4
Niziolek, Alec J.	4.9%	886
Nugent, James A.	40.0%	5
Ortiz-Segura, Rafael	39.1%	6,233
Owens, Robert P.	52.6%	78
Padgett, Gail	49.1%	373
Page-Lozano, Jennifer Leigh	15.2%	1,667
Pelletier, J. Dan	0.0%	11
Penalosa, Jose L.	0.0%	1
Phan-Quang, Tue	16.7%	6
Phillips, Beverley M.	15.4%	13
Proctor, George W.	47.8%	23
Pugliese, Eugene	71.4%	7
Reese, Agnelis L.	7.7%	13
Reichenberg, Margaret R.	26.7%	15
Riefkohl, Alberto J.	72.7%	22
Rivera, Tamaira	0.0%	1
Rojas, Raphael	11.3%	900
Rosen, Benjamin	8.8%	903
Sanders, Charles J.	13.4%	82
Slavin, Denise N.	69.7%	33
Smith, Renetta	49.6%	871
Stanley, Kevin	8.6%	1,180
Stockton, Bette Kane	14.3%	7
Stogner, W. Wayne	50.0%	6
Tadal, Mirlande	17.4%	23
Talavera-Peraza, Elvin	4.0%	783
Videla, Gabriel C.	41.7%	24
Visiting Judge 1,	40.0%	5
Ward, George James	0.0%	2
Webber, Polly A.	100.0%	4
Weisel, Robert D.	38.1%	21
Weiss, Irene	80.0%	20
Williams, Keith C.	4.3%	47
Williams, Phillip T.	56.5%	23
Wilson, Earle B	21.0%	1,262

Frequently asked questions

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

Across all recorded asylum decisions, the Orlando Immigration Court has a lifetime grant rate of 26.1%, based on 39,881 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 Orlando Immigration Court?

104 immigration judges currently appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for the Orlando 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.