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Pearsall Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

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

Court lifetime grant rate

16.6%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

8,578

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

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Judges at this court

JudgeLifetime grant rateLifetime cases
Adams, Anna0.0%8
Adams, Justin4.1%291
Addicott, Jacob T.0.0%10
Adkins-Blanch, Charles76.9%13
Alcorn, Stuart Douglas15.8%691
Alexander, Scott G.66.7%6
Ambrose, Dillon J.1.6%62
Andelin, Joseph Q.22.2%63
Attia, Olga E.0.0%8
Bagley, Kenneth A.40.0%5
Bain, Quynh Vu46.2%13
Baird, Michael P.0.0%1
Baker, Glen R.50.0%2
Balasquide, Javier E.50.0%2
Bashore, Jacob D.42.9%7
Bass, Lori R.0.0%1
Baumgarten, Mary C.0.0%1
Brennan, Noel A.100.0%3
Brooks, Alicia6.7%15
Buchanan, Patricia L.15.0%20
Burke, David0.0%2
Burke, Patrick0.0%1
Burkhart, Margaret D.76.8%95
Burkholder, Gary D.7.0%199
Burman, Lawrence O.40.0%5
Burns, John0.0%79
Carle, John B.70.0%10
Carte', John D.43.8%162
Cassin, Olivia L.53.3%15
Castro, Susan E.21.9%73
Chapa, Teofilo14.3%7
Chapman, Kevin Jerome.50.0%2
Chavez, Linda L.0.0%15
Chew, George T.50.0%2
Christensen, Jesse B.37.5%8
Clark, Ryan J.0.0%4
Cleveland, Chase Calder.0.0%1
Cole, Timothy M.0.0%2
Costanzo, Lawrence Di0.0%3
Crews, John G.0.0%1
Criss, Scott D.55.6%9
Crosland, David W.0.0%1
Crossan, Thomas G.12.9%580
Cubas, Claudia25.0%4
Day, Christopher100.0%2
de Cardona, Lisa A.16.7%6
De Jongh, Lourdes Rodriguez88.2%17
Dean, Larry R.14.3%35
Defillo, Irma Lopez16.7%6
Diaz-Rex, Julia0.0%4
Donato, Robin0.0%1
Dowell, J. Daniel100.0%4
Duck, John A.100.0%4
Fernandez, Ignacio P.16.7%6
Fluke, Randall L.37.5%8
Freeman, D'Anna H.34.5%206
Freerks, Lamonte S.80.0%5
Froes, Nina33.3%3
Gagnon, Paul M.0.0%2
Garcia, Madeline26.9%26
Garcia, Melissa Joy0.0%3
Garcy, Annie S.50.0%2
Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E.0.0%1
Gover, Erin100.0%3
Graulich, James C.17.8%45
Greenstein, Saul E.9.1%11
Grim, James K.0.0%1
Griswold, Stephen S.0.0%2
Habib, Fayaz2.8%71
Hansell, Renae M.0.0%1
Harlow, Craig A.17.5%240
Hartye, Alice Song0.0%1
Hayden, Michael9.9%81
Hayward, Miriam75.0%4
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.41.0%39
Holliday, Carey R.42.9%7
Holmes-Simmons, Theresa12.5%8
Honeyman, Charles M.100.0%1
Horn, Michael C.33.3%3
Hough, Robert S.0.0%1
Jacobs, Richard C.0.0%1
Jostad, Brent0.0%3
Julius, Derek5.6%18
Karden, Stuart F.66.7%3
Karesh, Ellen0.0%9
Kassell, Joseph7.1%14
Kaufman, Matthew W.25.0%4
Keenan, Sean H.0.0%1
Kennedy, Brandon0.0%3
Khan, Amiena A.33.3%3
Kim, Peter A.0.0%2
Kolbe, Margaret33.3%3
Kozyra, Matthew0.0%1
Laforest, Brigitte66.7%9
Lafuente, Cynthia0.0%6
Lake, Kelly B.0.0%1
Lamb, Elizabeth A.50.0%6
Lampley-Fortson, Christa J.0.0%4
Lane, Denise A. Marks2.4%41
Lang, Elizabeth G.0.0%2
Law, Philip S.0.0%1
Le, Huy24.1%29
Lee, Kalenna2.8%36
Lee, Mary C.0.0%9
Lewandowski, Robert M.0.0%2
Livingston, Donn L.42.9%7
Lopez-Enriquez, Maria0.0%1
Lyons, Joren66.7%3
Maingot, Anthony E.0.0%5
Mannion, Steve0.0%2
Marks, Dana Leigh80.0%5
Marshall, Jacob0.0%139
Mart, H. Kevin20.0%5
Martin, Clay Nelson24.6%65
Martinez-Esquivel, Lourdes0.0%4
Martinez, Anibal D.21.0%329
Martinez, Elizabeth21.5%149
Martinez, Hugo R.0.0%3
Martz, Nicholas A.0.0%1
Mazza, Jennifer L.0.0%15
Mccullough, Charles M.37.5%8
Mcdermott, William0.0%1
Mckee, James6.5%31
Mckee, Robert R.10.8%872
Mcmanus, Margaret71.4%7
Mcnulty, Sheila0.0%1
Mcphaul, Glenn P.34.5%206
Metcalf, Mark H.25.0%4
Miller, Jeffrey S.0.0%4
Morace, Philip L.100.0%2
Nance, Jeffery R.0.0%1
Napier, Wade Thomas0.0%11
Neumeister, William David0.0%2
Newaz, Rifian S.48.0%25
Nugent, James A.57.1%14
O'Connor, Lee0.0%1
O'Sullivan, Maureen0.0%1
Ortiz-Segura, Rafael0.0%1
Owens, Robert P.41.4%99
Ozmun, Richard R.20.0%5
Page-Lozano, Jennifer Leigh0.0%2
Palmer, Brian T.14.3%7
Paruch, David H.100.0%1
Paulissen, Walter L.15.6%405
Pazar, Charles E.0.0%2
Piateski, Jennifer E.0.0%6
Poczter, Aviva L.25.0%4
Polivka, James F.0.0%3
Powell, Robert L.0.0%4
Proctor, George W.75.0%8
Purnell, Charles N.0.0%10
Rainey, Zol0.0%4
Ramirez, Laura L.100.0%1
Reese, Agnelis L.0.0%5
Renner, Renee L.0.0%1
Richardson, John W.50.0%2
Riley, Kevin W.0.0%1
Riley, Teresa L.25.0%4
Rodgers, Sujata1.4%147
Rohan, Patricia A.66.7%3
Rosen, Benjamin0.0%1
Ruane, Rachel Ann0.0%2
Santander, Daniel J.24.0%154
Santiago, Luisa16.0%25
Schmidt, Paul W.33.3%3
Schools, Shelly W.2.0%51
Schoppert, Douglas B.100.0%1
Segal, Alice0.0%1
Segovia, Veronica Marie.1.1%461
Sichel, Helen57.1%7
Siemietkowski, John0.0%1
Slitt, Andrew J.0.0%2
Sloan, Andrea66.7%3
Sogocio, Rico M.60.0%5
Stewart, Stephen16.7%6
Stogner, W. Wayne37.5%8
Talavera-Peraza, Elvin0.0%3
Taylor, Khalilah16.7%12
Taylor, Philip P.0.0%6
Terrien, Jeb11.1%18
Terrill, Kevin1.5%542
Thomas, Jason7.9%63
Tijerina, Eric J.15.5%317
Trujillo, Eileen R.100.0%3
Tyrakoski, Meredith B.16.3%467
Verrillo, Philip0.0%1
Vinikoor, Robert D.0.0%2
Visiting Judge 1, 0.0%1
Ward, George James0.0%3
Welling, Shayne M.0.0%6
White, David0.0%12
Wilson, Earle B0.0%3
Wilson, Rachel L.0.0%2
Wilson, Tamar H.100.0%1
Wyke, William Van100.0%3
Zagzoug, Randa0.0%3
Zuniga, Bertha A.52.2%157

Frequently asked questions

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

Across all recorded asylum decisions, the Pearsall Immigration Court has a lifetime grant rate of 16.6%, based on 8,578 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 Pearsall Immigration Court?

197 immigration judges currently appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for the Pearsall 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.