Immigration court

Boston Immigration Court

Boston, MA, 02203

How current these figures are

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

Quick answer

Boston Immigration Court is one of the U.S. immigration courts in this record. The court-wide asylum grant rate in the release is 10.0%. Individual judges at the same court differ substantially, so open a judge below for their own figures. These are historical figures, not a prediction about any case.

FY2026 court average

10.0%

The latest complete fiscal year (Oct 2025 - Sep 2026), not a lifetime figure.

24,675

Decisions on record

118

Judges

Court location

JFK Federal Building, 15 New Sudbury Street, Room 320

Boston, MA, 02203

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%Oct 2023May 2024Dec 2024Jul 2025Feb 2026Sep 2026Month each 12-month window ends10.0%62.8% — 12 months ending Oct 2023 (1,669 decisions)64.5% — 12 months ending Nov 2023 (1,708 decisions)66.8% — 12 months ending Dec 2023 (1,806 decisions)68.8% — 12 months ending Jan 2024 (1,879 decisions)70.5% — 12 months ending Feb 2024 (1,898 decisions)69.6% — 12 months ending Mar 2024 (1,811 decisions)70.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2024 (1,704 decisions)71.8% — 12 months ending May 2024 (1,639 decisions)73.5% — 12 months ending Jun 2024 (1,578 decisions)75.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2024 (1,529 decisions)75.4% — 12 months ending Aug 2024 (1,460 decisions)75.3% — 12 months ending Sep 2024 (1,395 decisions)75.5% — 12 months ending Oct 2024 (1,315 decisions)75.7% — 12 months ending Nov 2024 (1,212 decisions)75.2% — 12 months ending Dec 2024 (1,083 decisions)73.9% — 12 months ending Jan 2025 (948 decisions)71.5% — 12 months ending Feb 2025 (859 decisions)69.9% — 12 months ending Mar 2025 (767 decisions)66.9% — 12 months ending Apr 2025 (842 decisions)62.7% — 12 months ending May 2025 (852 decisions)58.8% — 12 months ending Jun 2025 (857 decisions)55.2% — 12 months ending Jul 2025 (879 decisions)51.7% — 12 months ending Aug 2025 (892 decisions)44.9% — 12 months ending Sep 2025 (1,002 decisions)38.5% — 12 months ending Oct 2025 (1,078 decisions)34.1% — 12 months ending Nov 2025 (1,169 decisions)27.5% — 12 months ending Dec 2025 (1,174 decisions)22.5% — 12 months ending Jan 2026 (1,260 decisions)20.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2026 (1,333 decisions)17.2% — 12 months ending Mar 2026 (1,434 decisions)15.0% — 12 months ending Apr 2026 (1,455 decisions)15.2% — 12 months ending May 2026 (1,580 decisions)14.2% — 12 months ending Jun 2026 (1,827 decisions)11.5% — 12 months ending Jul 2026 (2,219 decisions)9.8% — 12 months ending Aug 2026 (2,564 decisions)10.0% — 12 months ending Sep 2026 (2,825 decisions)

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

Judges on record at this court

Judges at this court, with lifetime grant rate and decisions on record
JudgeDecisions
O'Malley, Brenda2,801
O'Sullivan, Maureen2,372
Klein, Eliza1,926
Shapiro, Leonard I.1,871
Sturla, Mario J.1,654
Gagnon, Paul M.1,574
D'Angelo, Matthew J.1,412
Feder, Robin E.1,255
Furlong, John M., JR.1,152
Sheppard, Patricia982
Tregerman, Gwendylan E.945
Cramer, Francis L.738
Masters, Todd A.638
Kahan, Michelle574
Joyce, William425
Ragno, Thomas M.315
Terrien, Jeb275
Jalelian, Lincoln S.249
Cade, Sarah201
Napier, Wade Thomas185
D'Ambrosio, Billino W175
Harris, Rodger C.169
Robertson, David161
Holmes-Simmons, Theresa143
Rusher, Marna M138
Ahmed, Sameer133
Karram, Omar Z.109
Patel, Roopal109
Adler, Steven V.106
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.95
Bain, Quynh Vu92
Luskin, Joshua D.91
Gover, Erin86
Jaysura, Tanzania86
Gillespie, Taylor80
McEwen, Justin79
Roe, Adrian N.77
Saldana Mistry, Lucero75
Walter, Patricia W.66
Rivera, Tamaira63
Santiago, Luisa54
Piateski, Jennifer E.52
Kubica, Hannah45
Jergovic, Nicole41
Santen, Sean D.38
Donovan, Mark D.35
Straus, Michael W.34
Adkins-Blanch, Charles31
Burman, Lawrence O.26
Hall, Jonathan26
Herndon, Megan B.25
Josephson, Kenneth25
Munro, Angela24
Pappas, George24
Sady, Michael24
Verrillo, Philip24
Sanchez, Jose A.23
Griffiths, Nancy20
Kassell, Joseph19
Nugent, James A.19
Reichenberg, Margaret R.19
Glass, Andrew J.16
Stewart, Stephen16
Honeyman, Charles M.14
Karesh, Ellen14
Menezes de Araujo, Juliana14
Tadal, Mirlande14
Weil, Jack H.14
Mulcahy, Jennifer A12
Munson, Angela12
Smith, Natalie12
Peterson, William C.10
Stockton, Bette Kane10
Taylor, Khalilah10
Ward, George James, JR.10
Young, Eric O.10
Garcy, Annie S.9
Kaplan, Elliot M.7
Schools, Shelly W.7
Baez, Lucy6
Costanzo, Lawrence Di6
Krasinski, Carolyn6
Miranda, Pedro A.6
Weisel, Robert D.6
Chung, Jennifer4
Couch, V. Stuart4
Day, Steven F.4
Dogin, Henry S.4
Eller, Donald R., JR.4
Mungoven, Thomas4
Palmer, Brian T.4
Phan-Quang, Tue4
Pugliese, Eugene4
Staton, Jack W.4
Thielemann, Christopher J.4
Thomsen, Scott4
Abrams, Steven R.3
Campanella, Lorianne3
Nelson, Barbara A.3
Ostrom, Donald3
Purnell, Charles N.3
Chew, George T.2
Cho, Yul-mi2
Douchy, Evalyn P.2
Duck, John A., JR.2
Gorman, Stephanie2
Khan, Amiena A.2
Mangoli, Vimala S.2
Chen, Shana W.1
Cheng, David1
Geisse, Loreto1
Grogan, Edward1
Houser, Wayne K., JR.1
Lloyd, Michael1
Niburg, Rebecca1
Norkin, David1
Tripi, Michael1
Wilson, Earle B1

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 December 1997 through September 2026; nothing filed or decided after September 2026 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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