Immigration court

Chicago Immigration Court

Chicago, IL, 60603

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How current these figures are

Captured September 24, 2026 — 23 days ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

Quick answer

Chicago Immigration Court is one of the U.S. immigration courts in this record. The court-wide asylum grant rate in the release is 30.3%. 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.

FY2025 court average

30.3%

The latest complete fiscal year (Oct 2024 - Sep 2025), not a lifetime figure.

36,202

Decisions on record

91

Judges

Court location

55 E. Monroe St., Suite 1500

Chicago, IL, 60603

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 2023Apr 2024Nov 2024Jun 2025Jan 2026Aug 2026Month each 12-month window ends5.6%55.6% — 12 months ending Sep 2023 (2,250 decisions)55.1% — 12 months ending Oct 2023 (2,268 decisions)54.7% — 12 months ending Nov 2023 (2,301 decisions)54.9% — 12 months ending Dec 2023 (2,295 decisions)56.2% — 12 months ending Jan 2024 (2,317 decisions)57.5% — 12 months ending Feb 2024 (2,393 decisions)57.9% — 12 months ending Mar 2024 (2,414 decisions)58.4% — 12 months ending Apr 2024 (2,519 decisions)58.4% — 12 months ending May 2024 (2,600 decisions)57.6% — 12 months ending Jun 2024 (2,750 decisions)57.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2024 (2,916 decisions)56.4% — 12 months ending Aug 2024 (3,019 decisions)54.6% — 12 months ending Sep 2024 (3,112 decisions)54.1% — 12 months ending Oct 2024 (3,206 decisions)52.9% — 12 months ending Nov 2024 (3,155 decisions)51.4% — 12 months ending Dec 2024 (3,182 decisions)49.6% — 12 months ending Jan 2025 (3,269 decisions)47.2% — 12 months ending Feb 2025 (3,370 decisions)45.7% — 12 months ending Mar 2025 (3,461 decisions)43.2% — 12 months ending Apr 2025 (3,486 decisions)39.8% — 12 months ending May 2025 (3,630 decisions)37.9% — 12 months ending Jun 2025 (3,769 decisions)35.9% — 12 months ending Jul 2025 (3,886 decisions)33.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2025 (3,969 decisions)30.3% — 12 months ending Sep 2025 (4,209 decisions)27.5% — 12 months ending Oct 2025 (4,392 decisions)25.9% — 12 months ending Nov 2025 (4,684 decisions)23.8% — 12 months ending Dec 2025 (5,022 decisions)21.3% — 12 months ending Jan 2026 (5,336 decisions)18.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2026 (5,726 decisions)15.0% — 12 months ending Mar 2026 (6,432 decisions)12.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2026 (7,176 decisions)10.9% — 12 months ending May 2026 (7,936 decisions)8.6% — 12 months ending Jun 2026 (9,474 decisions)6.8% — 12 months ending Jul 2026 (11,175 decisions)5.6% — 12 months ending Aug 2026 (12,782 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
Mckenna, Patrick M.2,719
Stahl, Marc2,318
Defoe, Craig A.2,201
Klosowsky, Michael1,937
Vinikoor, Robert D.1,761
Venci, Michelle1,571
Curran, Brendan C.1,567
Zerbe, Craig M.1,465
Naseem, Samia1,420
Cuevas, Carlos1,394
Reynolds, Gina1,207
Luskin, Joshua D.1,100
Giambastiani, Jennie L.1,085
Crites, Elizabeth1,059
Kim, Peter A.1,027
Salovaara, Kaarina904
Saltzman, Eva S.901
Treacy, Elizabeth833
Fujimoto, James R.771
Beese, Matthew C.708
Peyton, Jennifer I.640
Brahos, O. John552
Patti, Sebastian T.476
Lang, Elizabeth G.456
Eller, Donald R., JR.444
Rosche, Robin J.443
De Angelis, Kathryn L.436
Bower, Glen L.416
Perez-Guzman, Virginia372
Barilla, Jody366
Abraham, Shawn J.293
Espinoza, Carla258
Klein, Eliza249
Mcnulty, Sheila246
Fluhr, Philip225
Smith, Renetta219
Diaz, Irma217
Flesch, Kenneth210
Freeman, D'Anna H.202
Quiros, Ana Lorena.196
Der-Yeghiayan, Samuel184
Ellison, Sarah M.181
Nelson, Kristi174
Perkins, Robbin123
Lee, June120
Yokoyama, Lori107
Baldini-Potermin, Maria75
Harrell, Stephen W.42
Dierkes, Joseph37
Petrone, Anthony D., JR.26
Mencini, Ana18
Sydnor, Kelley N16
Bratton, Scott15
Santiago, Luisa13
Ambrose, Dillon J.11
Hart, Brandon L.11
Herndon, Megan B.11
MacGregor, Margaret R.11
Charanza, Albert10
Cole, Samuel B.10
Petty, Aaron R.10
Gorland, Jennifer M.9
Josephson, Kenneth9
Corrin, Melanie K.8
Pimentel, Frank T.8
Horn, Michael C.7
Feder, Robin E.6
Bashore, Jacob D.5
Hable, Paul A.5
Howard, Justin W.5
Poore, John A.5
Vyas, Akash5
Chapa, Teofilo4
Tregerman, Gwendylan E.4
Barrow, Sarjo3
Gross, Kevin3
Marshall, Jacob3
Uddin, Marium S.3
Bales, Eric C.2
Criss, Scott D.2
Dillow, Eric2
Guidry, Monica Thompson2
Shahan, Kenneth2
Bain, Quynh Vu1
Dufresne, Jill H.1
Hermus, Jason1
Katsivalis, George P.1
Leonard, Joseph T.1
Miller, Jane Chace.1
Salinardi, Jayme1
Yeargin, Robert1

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, 23 days ago. The record covers decisions from November 1997 through August 2026; nothing filed or decided after August 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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