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Chelmsford Immigration Court

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Immigration court analytics

Current assignments and source-period outcomes are shown separately

Current Immigration Judges: 15 · Temporary Immigration Judges: 0 · Assistant Chief Immigration Judges: 1 · Other EOIR judicial leadership: 0 · Total judicial personnel: 16.

Current Immigration Judges with direct TRAC reports: 3.

Current aggregate decisions: 2,643
Any relief granted: 37.7%
Denied: 62.3%

Current benchmark period: TRAC decisions through June 2026. This is a court aggregate, not an individual judge result.

Current courtwide metrics

Courtwide statistics, not this judge's outcomes

FY2026/YTD through June 2026

New proceedings: 7,902
Completed / closed cases: 4,598
Average wait time for completed cases: 760 days
Backlog: 63,551
Average days waited so far: 1,024 days
Average days until hearing: 1,900 days
Represented among completed cases: 51.6%N=2,371 / 4,598
Detained among completed cases: 42.5%N=1,955 / 4,598
Completed in absentia: 9.9%N=457 / 4,598

Completed-case outcome mix

Outcome	Cases (N)	Share of completed cases
Removal Order	2,562	55.7%
Terminate Proceedings	706	15.4%
Voluntary Departure	326	7.1%
No NTA Filed	306	6.7%
Grant Relief	268	5.8%
Other Closure	107	2.3%
Credible Fear - not found	71	1.5%
Reasonable Fear - not found	62	1.3%
Withholding Only - relief not granted	26	0.6%
Credible Fear - found	99	2.2%
Asylum Only - relief not granted	6	0.1%
Asylum Only - other	18	0.4%
Witholding Only - other	3	0.1%
Credible Fear - other	8	0.2%
Reasonable Fear - found	27	0.6%
Withholding Only - relief granted	3	0.1%

View FY2025 comparison

FY2025

New proceedings: 7,746
Completed / closed cases: 15,141
Average wait time for completed cases: 1,072 days
Backlog: 57,075
Average days waited so far: 915 days
Average days until hearing: 1,888 days
Represented among completed cases: 53.9%N=8,165 / 15,141
Detained among completed cases: 13.7%N=2,067 / 15,141
Completed in absentia: 2.8%N=421 / 15,141

Completed-case outcome mix

Outcome	Cases (N)	Share of completed cases
Removal Order	3,611	23.8%
Terminate Proceedings	8,158	53.9%
No NTA Filed	602	4.0%
Grant Relief	1,179	7.8%
Voluntary Departure	369	2.4%
Other Closure	786	5.2%
Credible Fear - not found	135	0.9%
Credible Fear - found	139	0.9%
Reasonable Fear - not found	31	0.2%
Withholding Only - relief not granted	43	0.3%
Witholding Only - other	15	0.1%
Credible Fear - other	16	0.1%
Pros. Discretion	9	0.1%
Asylum Only - other	16	0.1%
Reasonable Fear - found	19	0.1%
Withholding Only - relief granted	8	0.1%
Asylum Only - relief not granted	2	0.0%
Asylum Only - relief granted	2	0.0%
Reasonable Fear - other	1	0.0%

Sources

Source period: FY2026/YTD through June 2026 · FY2025. Exact denominators are shown as N/n where available.

TRAC source periods: Fiscal Year NTA Dated=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Fiscal Year=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Represented=Represented; Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Custody=Detained; Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Hearing Attendance=Not Present at Last Hearing (Absentia Decision); Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Granted; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Not Granted; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Withdraw; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Removal Order · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Terminate Proceedings · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Voluntary Departure · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=No NTA Filed · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Grant Relief · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Other Closure · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Witholding Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Other Case Type Completed · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - other · Fiscal Year NTA Dated=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Fiscal Year=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Represented=Represented; Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Custody=Detained; Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Hearing Attendance=Not Present at Last Hearing (Absentia Decision); Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Granted; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Not Granted; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Withdraw; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Removal Order · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Terminate Proceedings · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=No NTA Filed · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Grant Relief · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Voluntary Departure · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Other Closure · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Witholding Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Pros. Discretion · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Other Case Type Completed · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=NACARA - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=NACARA - other.

TRAC filters: Fiscal Year NTA Dated=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Fiscal Year=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Represented=Represented · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Custody=Detained · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Hearing Attendance=Not Present at Last Hearing (Absentia Decision) · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Granted · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Not Granted · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Withdraw · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Removal Order · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Terminate Proceedings · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Voluntary Departure · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=No NTA Filed · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Grant Relief · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Other Closure · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Witholding Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Other Case Type Completed · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - other · Fiscal Year NTA Dated=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Fiscal Year=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Represented=Represented · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Custody=Detained · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Hearing Attendance=Not Present at Last Hearing (Absentia Decision) · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Granted · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Not Granted · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Withdraw · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Removal Order · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Terminate Proceedings · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=No NTA Filed · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Grant Relief · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Voluntary Departure · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Other Closure · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Witholding Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Pros. Discretion · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Other Case Type Completed · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=NACARA - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=NACARA - other.

Provenance: TRAC table_json.php exact value; no estimation. Retrieved 2026-09-06.

Court and U.S. annual outcomes

Exact aggregate fiscal-year counts

Fiscal year	Chelmsford Immigration Court cases (N)	Chelmsford Immigration Court any relief	Chelmsford Immigration Court denied	U.S. any relief	U.S. denied
FY2025	1,998	41.9%	58.1%	30.7%	69.3%
FY2026	626	22.5%	77.5%	12.9%	87.1%

Precomputed from exact TRAC aggregate counts; asylum granted + other relief granted = any relief granted, and outcomes sum to N. FY2026 is year-to-date through the published source cutoff. No values are interpolated. TRAC aggregate source · retrieved 2026-08-30. Methodology.

These figures cover completed asylum decisions in TRAC's published data, not all immigration-court matters. Outcomes may reflect case mix, representation, nationality, detention status, policy, and other factors; they are not a judge quality score. Read the methodology.

EOIR court information

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Current operational status: OPEN. This page reflects the current EOIR court directory record as verified 2026-08-18.

Chelmsford Immigration Court · primary

Physical address: 150 Apollo Drive, Suite 100 Chelmsford, MA 01824
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Main phone: (978) 497-9000
General inquiries: Chelmsford.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov
Public hours: Public Hours: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Filing-window hours: Window Filing Hours: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Parking: There is free parking available in the building parking lot.
Building access: Security information: All visitors to the immigration court must undergo a security screening through a metal detector machine as well as a handbag screening each time they visit the immigration court. Shoes may be required to be removed. Food and drinks are not allowed, except as specifically permitted by the immigration judge. Usage of cameras or recording devices in courtrooms or other EOIR space is prohibited. Note, however, that attorneys or accredited representatives of record and DHS attorneys representing the government in proceedings before EOIR are permitted to use electronic devices in EOIR courtrooms for the limited purpose of conducting immediately relevant court and business-related activities (e.g. scheduling).
Security instructions: Security information: All visitors to the immigration court must undergo a security screening through a metal detector machine as well as a handbag screening each time they visit the immigration court. Shoes may be required to be removed. Food and drinks are not allowed, except as specifically permitted by the immigration judge. Usage of cameras or recording devices in courtrooms or other EOIR space is prohibited. Note, however, that attorneys or accredited representatives of record and DHS attorneys representing the government in proceedings before EOIR are permitted to use electronic devices in EOIR courtrooms for the limited purpose of conducting immediately relevant court and business-related activities (e.g. scheduling).
ADA/accessibility: EOIR accessibility statement: https://www.justice.gov/accessibility/accessibility-statement

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Court contacts and access

Main phone: (978) 497-9000
General inquiries: Chelmsford.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov
Asylum EAD Clock contact: Asylum.Clock.Chelmsford@usdoj.gov
EOIR case-information phone: (800) 898-7180

Building access

Security information: All visitors to the immigration court must undergo a security screening through a metal detector machine as well as a handbag screening each time they visit the immigration court. Shoes may be required to be removed. Food and drinks are not allowed, except as specifically permitted by the immigration judge. Usage of cameras or recording devices in courtrooms or other EOIR space is prohibited. Note, however, that attorneys or accredited representatives of record and DHS attorneys representing the government in proceedings before EOIR are permitted to use electronic devices in EOIR courtrooms for the limited purpose of conducting immediately relevant court and business-related activities (e.g. scheduling).

Security instructions

ADA/accessibility

EOIR accessibility statement: https://www.justice.gov/accessibility/accessibility-statement

EOIR court links

Internet-based hearings

EOIR lists Internet-based hearing links and telephonic access codes in its current hearing directory. The hearing notice and current EOIR instructions control whether a particular hearing is remote or in person. Unrepresented respondents generally appear in person unless EOIR directs otherwise.

Source last verified 2026-08-18.

EOIR court personnel

Current immigration judges

Yul-mi Cho
Luciana Dubuc
Kathryn E. Frames
James J. Jordan
Julian R. Nierva
Christine Olson
Natalie Smith
Michael Sullivan

Temporary immigration judges

Kai Bernal-LeClaire (temporary assignment)
Terry Meinecke (temporary assignment)
Sujata Rodgers (temporary assignment)
Jason Thomas (temporary assignment)

ACIJ: Angela Munson
Backup ACIJ: Leila A
Court administrator: Robert Barry (Acting)

Jurisdiction and other hearing locations

Administrative-control jurisdiction

Assigned responsibility: Boston, MA - DHS DISTRICT OFFICE (including any sub-offices)Massachusetts Department of CorrectionsNew Hampshire Department of CorrectionsPlymouth County Correctional Facility, Plymouth, MAWyatt Detention Center, RIStrafford County House of Corrections, NHCumberland County Jail, METwo Bridges Regional Jail, MERockingham County Department of Corrections – Brentwood, NHHillsborough County Department of Corrections – Manchester, NHFederal Correctional Institution – Berlin, NH Other hearing locations: Chelmsford Immigration Court (Detained) - State of MaineChelmsford Immigration Court (Detained) - State of MassachusettsChelmsford Immigration Court (Detained) - State of New HampshireChelmsford Immigration Court (Detained) - State of Rhode IslandChelmsford Immigration Court (Detained) - State of Vermont

Other hearing locations

Chelmsford Immigration Court (Detained) - State of MaineChelmsford Immigration Court (Detained) - State of MassachusettsChelmsford Immigration Court (Detained) - State of New HampshireChelmsford Immigration Court (Detained) - State of Rhode IslandChelmsford Immigration Court (Detained) - State of Vermont

Judge hearing access

The EOIR directory lists the following current Internet-based hearing and telephonic access information for this court. The hearing notice and current EOIR instructions control whether a particular hearing is remote or in person.

ACIJ Angela Munson (AMS)

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Telephonic access code: 199 569 1797

Instructions: EOIR lists Internet-based hearing links and telephonic access codes in its current hearing directory. The hearing notice and current EOIR instructions control whether a particular hearing is remote or in person. Unrepresented respondents generally appear in person unless EOIR directs otherwise.

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Kai Bernal-LeClaire (KLB)

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Telephonic access code: 2830 158 1978

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Yul-mi Cho (YMC)

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Telephonic access code: 2764 407 7006

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Luciana Dubuc (LUD)

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Telephonic access code: 2830 786 8174

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Kathryn E. Frames (KEF)

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Telephonic access code: 2819 511 6474

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James J. Jordan (JAJ)

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Telephonic access code: 2831 020 2638

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Terry Meinecke (TMK)

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Telephonic access code: 2820 145 4948

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Julian R. Nierva (JUN)

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Telephonic access code: 2829 569 8658

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Christine Olson (CEO)

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Telephonic access code: 2820 666 4204

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Sujata Rodgers (SUR)

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Telephonic access code: 2819 361 8704

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Natalie Smith (NSM)

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Telephonic access code: 2762 015 6857

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Michael Sullivan (MSU)

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Telephonic access code: 2823 081 4235

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Jason Thomas (JAT)

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Telephonic access code: 2822 810 2924

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