Immigration judge

Bennett, Michael H.

Portland Immigration Court

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How current these figures are

Captured September 24, 2026 — today. Decisions made since then are not included.

1,618

Lifetime decisions on record

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

Not reported

Fewer than 25 decisions on record. A percentage drawn from so few decisions would be misleading, so it is withheld rather than shown.

18.9%

FY2025 court average

Grant-rate trend

Each point is the grant rate across the 12 months ending in that month — a rolling window, not a single month on its own. A point appears only where those 12 months hold at least 25 decisions. A rolling window covers a much shorter span than the lifetime figure above, so the two can differ materially; both are correct measures of different periods.

0%25%50%75%100%Jun 2014Jan 2015Aug 2015Mar 2016Oct 2016Jun 2017Month each 12-month window ends66.4%73.7% — 12 months ending Jun 2014 (76 decisions)73.7% — 12 months ending Jul 2014 (76 decisions)69.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2014 (75 decisions)66.2% — 12 months ending Sep 2014 (74 decisions)59.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2014 (62 decisions)68.7% — 12 months ending Nov 2014 (83 decisions)70.9% — 12 months ending Dec 2014 (86 decisions)68.9% — 12 months ending Jan 2015 (90 decisions)65.2% — 12 months ending Feb 2015 (92 decisions)66.7% — 12 months ending Mar 2015 (93 decisions)67.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2015 (87 decisions)70.5% — 12 months ending May 2015 (88 decisions)73.5% — 12 months ending Jun 2015 (98 decisions)72.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2015 (100 decisions)74.7% — 12 months ending Aug 2015 (99 decisions)76.7% — 12 months ending Sep 2015 (103 decisions)76.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2015 (103 decisions)73.2% — 12 months ending Nov 2015 (82 decisions)75.0% — 12 months ending Jan 2016 (72 decisions)72.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2016 (94 decisions)71.3% — 12 months ending Mar 2016 (94 decisions)72.3% — 12 months ending Apr 2016 (101 decisions)73.6% — 12 months ending May 2016 (106 decisions)73.5% — 12 months ending Jun 2016 (102 decisions)74.5% — 12 months ending Jul 2016 (110 decisions)75.4% — 12 months ending Aug 2016 (122 decisions)73.5% — 12 months ending Sep 2016 (117 decisions)70.6% — 12 months ending Oct 2016 (126 decisions)71.8% — 12 months ending Nov 2016 (131 decisions)69.2% — 12 months ending Dec 2016 (143 decisions)67.6% — 12 months ending Jan 2017 (145 decisions)70.2% — 12 months ending Feb 2017 (121 decisions)71.2% — 12 months ending Mar 2017 (132 decisions)69.9% — 12 months ending Apr 2017 (123 decisions)67.6% — 12 months ending May 2017 (136 decisions)66.4% — 12 months ending Jun 2017 (128 decisions)

8 months are not plotted: the 12 months ending there held fewer than 25 decisions.

Monthly decisions

Showing the most recent 24 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
June 20181Not reported
March 20184Not reported
February 20182Not reported
June 20171Not reported
May 201724Not reported
April 20171Not reported
March 201718Not reported
February 20172Not reported
January 20179Not reported
December 201612Not reported
November 201614Not reported
October 201616Not reported
September 20163Not reported
August 201616Not reported
July 201612Not reported
June 20169Not reported
May 201611Not reported
April 201610Not reported
March 20167Not reported
February 20162653.9%
January 20167Not reported
November 20159Not reported
October 20157Not reported
September 20158Not reported

Source and method

These figures come from case data released by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) under the Freedom of Information Act, published by the Deportation Data Project. Imigrar did not produce or estimate them.

Captured on September 24, 2026, today. The record covers decisions from August 1998 through June 2018; nothing filed or decided after June 2018 appears here.

Grant rates are historical aggregates. They describe decisions already made. They do not predict the outcome of any individual case, and no figure on this page should be read as a forecast of what will happen in yours.

This page is informational only and is not legal advice. Reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Only the official EOIR record is authoritative.

Open the source data — Deportation Data Project

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