EOIR / Immigration Court

Phoenix Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

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

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Court lifetime grant rate

35.2%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

14,058

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
Arellano, Silvia R.	61.5%	299
Atenaide, Anthony	0.0%	5
Bagley, Kenneth A.	25.0%	4
Bain, Quynh Vu	100.0%	17
Bales, Eric C.	0.0%	6
Barrett, Robert J.	0.0%	1
Bartlemay SR., Robert C.	27.2%	261
Bartolomei, Rico J.	50.0%	6
Boone, Gaylyn N.	0.0%	1
Carbone, Nina M.	0.0%	6
Cortes, John W.	9.3%	1,765
Cottor, Elizabeth A	16.2%	1,228
Coughlon, Robert E.	27.1%	155
Eller, Donald R.	0.0%	7
Ellison, Sarah M.	20.0%	5
Feldman, Irene C.	24.1%	29
Fernandez, Ignacio P.	57.1%	7
Freeman, D'Anna H.	0.0%	1
Freerks, Lamonte S.	67.8%	1,583
Gaz, Jennifer I.	11.8%	906
Griffiths, Nancy	0.0%	4
Guerrero, Marni	7.6%	529
Guidry, Monica Thompson	16.7%	6
Habich, Paul M.	12.0%	1,205
Hart, Brandon L.	14.3%	7
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.	100.0%	5
Hollis, Wendell A.	74.9%	959
Hoogasian, Amy C.	58.3%	12
Imburgia, Joseph S.	23.9%	134
Ipema, Henry P.	100.0%	5
Jefferies, Scott M.	0.0%	6
Josephson, Kenneth	23.1%	52
Karlen, Melissa Beth	22.9%	774
Keenan, Sean H.	100.0%	3
Knuck, Richard H.	55.3%	47
Kuipers, Benjamin	0.0%	1
Leonard, Joseph T.	0.0%	22
Levay, Dean A.	52.7%	281
May, Jennifer A.	0.0%	1
Neal, David L.	0.0%	1
Niziolek, Alec J.	13.3%	15
O'Leary, Thomas Michael	87.5%	8
Ragusa, Joseph M.	0.0%	1
Richardson, John W.	79.3%	1,858
Romig, Jeffrey L.	100.0%	3
Sharda, Munish	11.1%	1,449
Spencer-Walters, Linda I.	28.5%	358
Sydnor, Kelley N	0.0%	7
Taylor, Bruce A.	0.0%	1
Visiting Judge 1,	100.0%	2
Williams, John C.	80.0%	5
Williams, Phillip T.	100.0%	5

Frequently asked questions

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

Across all recorded asylum decisions, the Phoenix Immigration Court has a lifetime grant rate of 35.2%, based on 14,058 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 Phoenix Immigration Court?

52 immigration judges currently appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for the Phoenix 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.