763 current official EOIR judges · Analytics

Immigration judge statistics, made easier to understand.

Look up an immigration judge or court, compare case denial and approval rates, explore rulings by nationality, and review changes over time using official EOIR data.

Immigration judge rankings

Showing only judges with 35 or more qualifying decisions.

Not legal advice or a quality ranking.

Highest denial rate

Judges with the highest observed percentage of denied asylum applications.

#	Judge	Court	Denial rate
1	Alex G. MasonDecisions = 170	Houston - Greenspoint Park Immigration Court	100.0%
2	James M. RiceDecisions = 147	Cleveland Immigration Court	100.0%
3	Bill RadinDecisions = 133	Cleveland Immigration Court	100.0%
4	Shawn J. AbrahamDecisions = 126	Chicago Immigration Court	100.0%
5	Kyle MitchellDecisions = 122	Miami Immigration Court	100.0%
6	Richard J. DouglasDecisions = 118	Dallas Immigration Court	100.0%
7	James W. KitchenDecisions = 115	New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court	100.0%
8	Deborah D. DictsonDecisions = 111	Dallas Immigration Court	100.0%
9	Sujata RodgersDecisions = 110	Chelmsford Immigration Court	100.0%
10	Jennifer S. WellsDecisions = 101	Charlotte Immigration Court	100.0%

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Lowest denial rate

Judges with the lowest observed percentage of denied asylum applications.

#	Judge	Court	Denial rate
1	Veronica VillegasDecisions = 1,511	Los Angeles - West Los Angeles Immigration Court	23.0%
2	Joyce Bakke VarzandehDecisions = 3,352	Los Angeles - West Los Angeles Immigration Court	23.2%
3	F. James Loprest Jr.Decisions = 3,670	New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court	26.2%
4	Rodin RooyaniDecisions = 1,925	Los Angeles - West Los Angeles Immigration Court	26.5%
5	Daniel MalvinDecisions = 1,375	Los Angeles - West Los Angeles Immigration Court	30.8%
6	Virna WrightDecisions = 4,498	New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court	30.9%
7	Margaret KolbeDecisions = 1,883	New York - Varick Immigration Court	34.0%
8	Theresa Holmes-SimmonsDecisions = 4,696	Charlotte Immigration Court	34.1%
9	Daniel SantanderDecisions = 1,397	San Antonio Immigration Court	34.6%
10	Aviva PoczterDecisions = 4,635	New York - Broadway Immigration Court	35.9%

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