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Portland Immigration Court

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Immigration court analytics

Current assignments and source-period outcomes are shown separately

Current Immigration Judges: 5 · Temporary Immigration Judges: 0 · Assistant Chief Immigration Judges: 1 · Other EOIR judicial leadership: 0 · Total judicial personnel: 6.

Current Immigration Judges with direct TRAC reports: 2.

Current aggregate decisions: 1,046
Any relief granted: 27.2%
Denied: 72.8%

Current benchmark period: FY 2021 - 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: 1,441
Completed / closed cases: 3,864
Average wait time for completed cases: 827 days
Backlog: 40,976
Average days waited so far: 899 days
Average days until hearing: 1,914 days
Represented among completed cases: 17.7%N=683 / 3,864
Detained among completed cases: 0.2%N=6 / 3,864
Completed in absentia: 53.9%N=2,081 / 3,864

Completed-case outcome mix

Outcome	Cases (N)	Share of completed cases
Removal Order	2,424	62.7%
Terminate Proceedings	1,163	30.1%
Voluntary Departure	102	2.6%
No NTA Filed	58	1.5%
Grant Relief	62	1.6%
Other Closure	35	0.9%
Credible Fear - not found	3	0.1%
Withholding Only - relief not granted	1	0.0%
Asylum Only - relief not granted	13	0.3%
Asylum Only - other	2	0.1%
Witholding Only - other	1	0.0%

View FY2025 comparison

FY2025

New proceedings: 4,824
Completed / closed cases: 5,662
Average wait time for completed cases: 886 days
Backlog: 41,620
Average days waited so far: 701 days
Average days until hearing: 2,000 days
Represented among completed cases: 31.4%N=1,778 / 5,662
Detained among completed cases: 0.2%N=10 / 5,662
Completed in absentia: 30.2%N=1,712 / 5,662

Completed-case outcome mix

Outcome	Cases (N)	Share of completed cases
Removal Order	3,029	53.5%
Terminate Proceedings	1,806	31.9%
No NTA Filed	359	6.3%
Grant Relief	231	4.1%
Voluntary Departure	124	2.2%
Other Closure	96	1.7%
Credible Fear - not found	1	0.0%
Reasonable Fear - not found	1	0.0%
Withholding Only - relief not granted	4	0.1%
Witholding Only - other	4	0.1%
Credible Fear - other	2	0.0%
Withholding Only - relief granted	3	0.1%
Other Case Type Completed	2	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	Portland Immigration Court cases (N)	Portland Immigration Court any relief	Portland Immigration Court denied	U.S. any relief	U.S. denied
FY2025	855	24.6%	75.4%	30.7%	69.3%
FY2026	185	37.3%	62.7%	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

OPEN

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

Portland Immigration Court · primary

Physical address: 1220 SW 3rd Avenue, Suite 500 Portland, OR 97204
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Main phone: (503) 326-6341
General inquiries: Portland.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov
Public hours: Public Hours: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Filing-window hours: Window Filing Hours: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Parking: The City of Portland governs the street parking in downtown Portland by parking meters that accept both coins and credit cards. Street parking is limited. There are several parking garages within a few blocks of the Court’s location.
Building access: Lobby Entrance
Security instructions: All visitors to the Edith Green / Wendell Wyatt Federal building must undergo a security screening in the building lobby area. All items will pass through an x-ray machine and are subject to manual inspection if deemed necessary. Visitors will pass through a metal detector machine and are subject to additional screening if deemed necessary. Security Procedures All persons wishing to access the facility will be required to provide U.S. government or state identification, or a PIV agency card. 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. Phones and electronic devices must be silenced in the court lobby. Phones and other wireless devices should be turned off before entering courtrooms. Security officers may inspect electronic equipment and conduct additional screening if deemed necessary or instructed to do so by the court. Visitors must not bring any cameras, video or recording equipment. Any materials or object of any kind that could be used as a weapon are prohibited. 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: (503) 326-6341
General inquiries: Portland.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov
Asylum EAD Clock contact: Asylum.Clock.Portland@usdoj.gov
EOIR case-information phone: (800) 898-7180

Building access

Lobby Entrance

Security instructions

All visitors to the Edith Green / Wendell Wyatt Federal building must undergo a security screening in the building lobby area. All items will pass through an x-ray machine and are subject to manual inspection if deemed necessary. Visitors will pass through a metal detector machine and are subject to additional screening if deemed necessary. Security Procedures All persons wishing to access the facility will be required to provide U.S. government or state identification, or a PIV agency card. 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. Phones and electronic devices must be silenced in the court lobby. Phones and other wireless devices should be turned off before entering courtrooms. Security officers may inspect electronic equipment and conduct additional screening if deemed necessary or instructed to do so by the court. Visitors must not bring any cameras, video or recording equipment. Any materials or object of any kind that could be used as a weapon are prohibited. 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

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

David Evans
Matthew Andrasko
Joseph Lucas
Michelle Slayton

Temporary immigration judges

Ryan J. Clark (temporary assignment)

ACIJ: Theresa M. Scala
Backup ACIJ: Irene C
Court administrator: Isaac A. Ross

Jurisdiction and other hearing locations

Administrative-control jurisdiction

Assigned responsibility: ANCHORAGE, AK - DHS DISTRICT OFFICE (including any sub-offices)PORTLAND, OR - DHS DISTRICT OFFICE (including any sub-offices)Boise, ID – DHS Sub-OfficeHelena, MT – DHS District Office (any sub-offices) Other hearing locations: Immigration CourtMarion County Correctional Center, Marion Co., OROregon DOC-Eastern Oregon Correctional Inst., Pendleton, OROregon DOC, Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, OR

Other hearing locations

Immigration CourtMarion County Correctional Center, Marion Co., OROregon DOC-Eastern Oregon Correctional Inst., Pendleton, OROregon DOC, Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, OR

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 Theresa Scala (TSC)

Webex/internet hearing: Join EOIR Webex ↗

Telephonic access code: 199 633 9047

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.

Direct EOIR source ↗ · verified 2026-08-18

David Evans (DDE)

Webex/internet hearing: Join EOIR Webex ↗

Telephonic access code: 199 394 6735

Direct EOIR source ↗ · verified 2026-08-18

Matthew Andrasko (MAA)

Webex/internet hearing: Join EOIR Webex ↗

Telephonic access code: 2822 958 6204

Direct EOIR source ↗ · verified 2026-08-18

Ryan J. Clark (RJC)

Webex/internet hearing: Join EOIR Webex ↗

Telephonic access code: 2828 209 9058

Direct EOIR source ↗ · verified 2026-08-18

Joseph Lucas

Webex/internet hearing: Join EOIR Webex ↗

Telephonic access code: 2820 545 6464

Direct EOIR source ↗ · verified 2026-08-18

Michelle Slayton (MAS)

Webex/internet hearing: Join EOIR Webex ↗

Telephonic access code: 2763 307 0399

Direct EOIR source ↗ · verified 2026-08-18