Immigration judge

Cortes, John W.

New York - Varick Street Immigration Court

How current these figures are

Captured October 23, 2026 — 13 days ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

466

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.

6.2%

FY2026 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%Sep 2019Nov 2019Jan 2020Apr 2020Month each 12-month window ends30.7%36.4% — 12 months ending Sep 2019 (184 decisions)34.4% — 12 months ending Oct 2019 (244 decisions)36.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2019 (286 decisions)35.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2019 (309 decisions)32.7% — 12 months ending Jan 2020 (361 decisions)32.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2020 (413 decisions)32.1% — 12 months ending Mar 2020 (439 decisions)30.7% — 12 months ending Apr 2020 (424 decisions)

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

Monthly decisions

Showing the most recent 20 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
April 20241Not reported
March 20241Not reported
March 202313Not reported
November 20221Not reported
October 20221Not reported
June 20221Not reported
May 20226Not reported
April 20203Not reported
March 20202634.6%
February 20205226.9%
January 20205219.2%
December 201923Not reported
November 20194245.2%
October 20196028.3%
September 20194341.9%
August 20194528.9%
July 20193135.5%
June 20192924.1%
May 201918Not reported
April 201918Not 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 October 23, 2026, 13 days ago. The record covers decisions from April 2019 through April 2024; nothing filed or decided after April 2024 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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