Court directory

Philadelphia Immigration Court

Assigned Judges

No current-serving judge assignments are indexed for this court.

Immigration court analytics

Current assignments and source-period outcomes are shown separately

Current Immigration Judges: 14 · Temporary Immigration Judges: 0 · Assistant Chief Immigration Judges: 1 · Other EOIR judicial leadership: 0 · Total judicial personnel: 15.

Current Immigration Judges with direct TRAC reports: 10.

Current aggregate decisions: 17,514
Any relief granted: 40.1%
Denied: 59.9%

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: 8,018
Completed / closed cases: 13,142
Average wait time for completed cases: 939 days
Backlog: 82,167
Average days waited so far: 860 days
Average days until hearing: 1,543 days
Represented among completed cases: 32.7%N=4,298 / 13,142
Detained among completed cases: 1.5%N=197 / 13,142
Completed in absentia: 54.8%N=7,208 / 13,142

Completed-case outcome mix

Outcome	Cases (N)	Share of completed cases
Removal Order	10,330	78.6%
Terminate Proceedings	791	6.0%
Voluntary Departure	949	7.2%
No NTA Filed	195	1.5%
Grant Relief	517	3.9%
Other Closure	258	2.0%
Credible Fear - not found	35	0.3%
Reasonable Fear - not found	4	0.0%
Withholding Only - relief not granted	12	0.1%
Credible Fear - found	13	0.1%
Asylum Only - relief not granted	11	0.1%
Asylum Only - other	12	0.1%
Witholding Only - other	1	0.0%
Credible Fear - other	8	0.1%
Withholding Only - relief granted	1	0.0%
Other Case Type Completed	4	0.0%
Asylum Only - relief granted	1	0.0%

View FY2025 comparison

FY2025

New proceedings: 9,276
Completed / closed cases: 14,453
Average wait time for completed cases: 922 days
Backlog: 84,872
Average days waited so far: 749 days
Average days until hearing: 1,540 days
Represented among completed cases: 36.4%N=5,268 / 14,453
Detained among completed cases: 1.8%N=263 / 14,453
Completed in absentia: 46.1%N=6,656 / 14,453

Completed-case outcome mix

Outcome	Cases (N)	Share of completed cases
Removal Order	8,310	57.5%
Terminate Proceedings	2,325	16.1%
No NTA Filed	1,494	10.3%
Grant Relief	737	5.1%
Voluntary Departure	404	2.8%
Other Closure	1,105	7.6%
Credible Fear - not found	24	0.2%
Credible Fear - found	15	0.1%
Withholding Only - relief not granted	6	0.0%
Witholding Only - other	5	0.0%
Credible Fear - other	5	0.0%
Pros. Discretion	18	0.1%
Asylum Only - other	2	0.0%
Asylum Only - relief not granted	1	0.0%
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.

Direct same-period judge outcome spread

10 direct reports · FY 2021 - 2026* · denial range 43.6%–81.9%.

P25 54.2% · median 60.5% · P75 73.3% · IQR 19.1%.

View historical TRAC report associations

Antonio Capistrano · N=779 · denied 60.3% · TRAC report
Dawn Kulick · N=358 · denied 43.6% · TRAC report
Forrest Hoover · N=842 · denied 74.2% · TRAC report
John Carle · N=1,308 · denied 53.3% · TRAC report
Joseph Scott · N=922 · denied 56.7% · TRAC report
Lauren F. Farber · N=446 · denied 50.4% · TRAC report
Mary Futcher · N=207 · denied 70.5% · TRAC report
Mary Lee · N=1,451 · denied 60.7% · TRAC report
Melissa Fox · N=127 · denied 81.9% · TRAC report
William H. McDermott · N=234 · denied 78.6% · TRAC report

These historical report associations are separate from the current court roster. Cohorts require at least five direct reports for the same report court and reporting period.

Court and U.S. annual outcomes

Exact aggregate fiscal-year counts

Fiscal year	Philadelphia Immigration Court cases (N)	Philadelphia Immigration Court any relief	Philadelphia Immigration Court denied	U.S. any relief	U.S. denied
FY2021	835	39.6%	60.4%	43.9%	56.1%
FY2022	844	59.7%	40.3%	51.1%	48.9%
FY2023	1,075	59.1%	40.9%	53.0%	47.0%
FY2024	888	62.7%	37.3%	51.1%	48.9%
FY2025	1,817	36.7%	63.3%	30.7%	69.3%
FY2026	2,434	23.2%	76.8%	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.

Philadelphia Immigration Court · primary

Physical address: Robert Nix Federal Bldg and Courthouse 900 Market Street, Suite 504 Philadelphia, PA 19107
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Main phone: (215) 656-7000
General inquiries: Philadelphia.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov
Public hours: Public Hours: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Filing-window hours: Window Filing Hours: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
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: (215) 656-7000
General inquiries: Philadelphia.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov
Asylum EAD Clock contact: Asylum.Clock.Philadelphia@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

Antonio Capistrano
John B. Carle
Lauren Farber
Melissa Fox
Mary Futcher
Johanna Gaymer
Forrest Hoover, III
Dawn Kulick
Mary C. Lee
Keith E. Lipiec
Joseph C. Scott
William McDermott
Devin A. Winklosky

ACIJ: Ayodele A. Gansallo
Backup ACIJ: Elisa M
Court administrator: Alterra Alicea

Jurisdiction and other hearing locations

Administrative-control jurisdiction

Assigned responsibility: PHILADELPHIA, PA - DHS DISTRICT OFFICE (including West Virginia, Delaware and any sub-offices)PITTSBURGH, PA - DHS SUB-OFFICEPHILADELPHIA, PA - DHS DISTRICT OFFICE (including any sub-offices)Abraxas Academy-DHS Juvenile DetaineesPennsylvania Department of CorrectionsFederal Detention Center - PhiladelphiaErie County Detention Facility Other hearing locations: Pennsylvania Dept. of Corr.Allenwood Correctional Institution, Whitedeer, PAFederal Detention Center - PhiladelphiaErie County Detention Facility

Other hearing locations

Pennsylvania Dept. of Corr.Allenwood Correctional Institution, Whitedeer, PAFederal Detention Center - PhiladelphiaErie County Detention Facility

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 Ayodele A. Gansallo

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Telephonic access code: 2762 562 2748

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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Antonio Capistrano (AOC)

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Telephonic access code: 2764 660 3001

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John Carle (FTP)

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Telephonic access code: 199 042 3757

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Lauren F. Farber (LTF)

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Telephonic access code: 199 774 4548

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Melissa Fox (MFX)

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Telephonic access code: 2827 089 6553

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Mary Futcher (MAF)

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Telephonic access code: 2762 432 6651

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Johanna Gaymer (JPG)

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Telephonic access code: 2828 832 2940

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Forrest Hoover (FHR)

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Telephonic access code: 199 139 6723

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Dawn Kulick (DKU)

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Telephonic access code: 199 406 5821

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Mary Lee (MCL)

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Telephonic access code: 199 406 5821

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Keith E. Lipiec (KLI)

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Telephonic access code: 2826 779 1205

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William H. McDermott (WMD)

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Telephonic access code: 199 400 1237

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Joseph Scott (JHS)

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Telephonic access code: 199 857 3657

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Devin A. Winklosky (DAW)

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Telephonic access code: 2828 715 5509

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