Immigration court

Chicago Immigration Court

Chicago, IL, 60603

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Captured September 18, 2026 — about 0 months 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 34.2%. 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.

All courts

Court-wide grant rate

34.2%

42,444

Decisions on record

126

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.

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
Judge	Grant rate	Decisions
Mckenna, Patrick M.	23.7%	2,599
Defoe, Craig A.	23.1%	2,222
Stahl, Marc	35.1%	2,145
Mencini, Ana	11.7%	2,110
Klosowsky, Michael	17.5%	2,049
Vinikoor, Robert D.	52.8%	1,928
Venci, Michelle	10.8%	1,713
Curran, Brendan C.	11.1%	1,701
Zerbe, Craig M.	56.9%	1,656
Reynolds, Gina	34.6%	1,596
Naseem, Samia	32.9%	1,552
Cuevas, Carlos	64.7%	1,427
Giambastiani, Jennie L.	61.3%	1,337
Crites, Elizabeth	31.7%	1,235
Luskin, Joshua D.	26.2%	1,090
Treacy, Elizabeth	25.5%	1,083
Saltzman, Eva S.	53.0%	1,073
Salovaara, Kaarina	38.7%	903
Rosche, Robin J.	54.6%	847
Fujimoto, James R.	49.7%	823
Kim, Peter A.	0.3%	808
De Angelis, Kathryn L.	58.6%	772
Peyton, Jennifer I.	70.8%	688
Cole, Samuel B.	48.3%	661
Beese, Matthew C.	2.4%	595
Brahos, O. John	49.7%	586
Eller, Donald R.	3.6%	578
Lang, Elizabeth G.	50.5%	551
Patti, Sebastian T.	72.1%	481
Perez-Guzman, Virginia	58.3%	480
Barilla, Jody	38.4%	437
Bower, Glen L.	80.3%	417
Klein, Eliza	50.7%	345
Espinoza, Carla	46.7%	330
Freeman, D'Anna H.	2.1%	282
Mcnulty, Sheila	67.4%	282
Fluhr, Philip	40.3%	253
Smith, Renetta	59.5%	222
Nelson, Kristi	35.3%	204
Abraham, Shawn J.	0.0%	198
Der-Yeghiayan, Samuel	31.1%	193
Dimarzio, Philip L.	7.0%	185
Ellison, Sarah M.	8.3%	181
Diaz, Irma	0.0%	163
Yokoyama, Lori	11.7%	137
Poarch, Jaime	0.8%	134
Flesch, Kenneth	3.2%	124
Katsivalis, George P.	13.7%	124
Quiros, Ana Lorena.	0.0%	118
Baldini-Potermin, Maria	51.0%	100
Lee, June	0.0%	83
Vyas, Akash	7.4%	81
Owens, Robert P.	8.9%	79
Perkins, Robbin	0.0%	66
Dierkes, Joseph	32.4%	37
Petrone, Anthony D.	80.8%	26
Howard, Justin W.	Not reported	16
Sydnor, Kelley N	Not reported	16
Bratton, Scott	Not reported	15
Corrin, Melanie K.	Not reported	15
Santiago, Luisa	Not reported	13
Ambrose, Dillon J.	Not reported	12
Shahan, Kenneth	Not reported	12
Hart, Brandon L.	Not reported	11
Herndon, Megan B.	Not reported	11
MacGregor, Margaret R.	Not reported	11
Petty, Aaron R.	Not reported	10
Chapa, Teofilo	Not reported	9
Gorland, Jennifer M.	Not reported	9
Josephson, Kenneth	Not reported	9
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.	Not reported	8
Horn, Michael C.	Not reported	8
Pimentel, Frank T.	Not reported	8
Salinardi, Jayme	Not reported	8
Videla, Gabriel C.	Not reported	8
Arellano, Silvia R.	Not reported	7
Criss, Scott D.	Not reported	7
Feder, Robin E.	Not reported	7
Park, Jeannette Lim	Not reported	7
Ramirez, Laura L.	Not reported	7
Paul, Nancy J.	Not reported	6
Bashore, Jacob D.	Not reported	5
Dillow, Eric	Not reported	5
Hable, Paul A.	Not reported	5
Hom, Sandy	Not reported	5
Poore, John A.	Not reported	5
Clemente, Jesus	Not reported	4
Tregerman, Gwendylan E.	Not reported	4
Young, Elizabeth L.	Not reported	4
Baker, Glen R.	Not reported	3
Barrow, Sarjo	Not reported	3
D'Angelo, Matthew J.	Not reported	3
Davis, John W.	Not reported	3
Geisse, Loreto	Not reported	3
Gross, Kevin	Not reported	3
Marshall, Jacob	Not reported	3
Paruch, David H.	Not reported	3
Riefkohl, Alberto J.	Not reported	3
Uddin, Marium S.	Not reported	3
Bain, Quynh Vu	Not reported	2
Baird, Michael P.	Not reported	2
Bales, Eric C.	Not reported	2
Bukszpan, Joanna M.	Not reported	2
Burman, Lawrence O.	Not reported	2
Garcy, Annie S.	Not reported	2
Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E.	Not reported	2
Guidry, Monica Thompson	Not reported	2
Santen, Sean D.	Not reported	2
Tijerina, Eric J.	Not reported	2
Conroy, Charles R.	Not reported	1
Crosland, David W.	Not reported	1
Dufresne, Jill H.	Not reported	1
Hayward, Miriam	Not reported	1
Hermus, Jason	Not reported	1
Ipema, Henry P.	Not reported	1
Kassell, Joseph	Not reported	1
Leeds, Frederic G.	Not reported	1
Leonard, Joseph T.	Not reported	1
Miller, Jane Chace.	Not reported	1
Morley, Steven A.	Not reported	1
Mullins, Ronald L.	Not reported	1
Pazar, Charles E.	Not reported	1
Rocco, Michael	Not reported	1
Stogner, W. Wayne	Not reported	1
Verrillo, Philip	Not reported	1
Yeargin, Robert	Not reported	1

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 18, 2026, about 0 months ago, so it is out of date. The record covers decisions from October 1997 through July 2026; nothing filed or decided after July 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.

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