Immigration court

Chicago Immigration Court

Chicago, IL, 60603

How current these figures are

Captured October 23, 2026 — 13 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 4.7%. 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

4.7%

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

38,304

Decisions on record

94

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%Oct 2023May 2024Dec 2024Jul 2025Feb 2026Sep 2026Month each 12-month window ends4.7%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 (2,518 decisions)58.4% — 12 months ending May 2024 (2,599 decisions)57.6% — 12 months ending Jun 2024 (2,748 decisions)57.1% — 12 months ending Jul 2024 (2,914 decisions)56.4% — 12 months ending Aug 2024 (3,010 decisions)54.7% — 12 months ending Sep 2024 (3,099 decisions)54.2% — 12 months ending Oct 2024 (3,193 decisions)53.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2024 (3,142 decisions)51.5% — 12 months ending Dec 2024 (3,169 decisions)49.6% — 12 months ending Jan 2025 (3,256 decisions)47.2% — 12 months ending Feb 2025 (3,357 decisions)45.8% — 12 months ending Mar 2025 (3,448 decisions)43.2% — 12 months ending Apr 2025 (3,474 decisions)39.8% — 12 months ending May 2025 (3,618 decisions)37.9% — 12 months ending Jun 2025 (3,758 decisions)35.9% — 12 months ending Jul 2025 (3,875 decisions)33.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2025 (3,965 decisions)30.3% — 12 months ending Sep 2025 (4,209 decisions)27.5% — 12 months ending Oct 2025 (4,390 decisions)25.9% — 12 months ending Nov 2025 (4,682 decisions)23.8% — 12 months ending Dec 2025 (5,020 decisions)21.3% — 12 months ending Jan 2026 (5,334 decisions)18.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2026 (5,724 decisions)15.0% — 12 months ending Mar 2026 (6,429 decisions)12.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2026 (7,172 decisions)11.0% — 12 months ending May 2026 (7,923 decisions)8.6% — 12 months ending Jun 2026 (9,434 decisions)6.8% — 12 months ending Jul 2026 (11,109 decisions)5.5% — 12 months ending Aug 2026 (12,892 decisions)4.7% — 12 months ending Sep 2026 (14,367 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.2,923
Stahl, Marc2,553
Defoe, Craig A.2,253
Klosowsky, Michael2,046
Vinikoor, Robert D.1,761
Curran, Brendan C.1,732
Venci, Michelle1,707
Naseem, Samia1,515
Zerbe, Craig M.1,465
Cuevas, Carlos1,394
Luskin, Joshua D.1,223
Kim, Peter A.1,217
Reynolds, Gina1,204
Giambastiani, Jennie L.1,085
Crites, Elizabeth1,058
Salovaara, Kaarina903
Saltzman, Eva S.901
Beese, Matthew C.897
Treacy, Elizabeth833
Fujimoto, James R.771
Peyton, Jennifer I.639
Brahos, O. John552
Patti, Sebastian T.476
Eller, Donald R., JR.462
Lang, Elizabeth G.456
Rosche, Robin J.443
De Angelis, Kathryn L.436
Bower, Glen L.416
Perez-Guzman, Virginia372
Barilla, Jody354
Abraham, Shawn J.346
Diaz, Irma300
Flesch, Kenneth288
Quiros, Ana Lorena.278
Espinoza, Carla258
Klein, Eliza249
Mcnulty, Sheila246
Fluhr, Philip225
Smith, Renetta219
Freeman, D'Anna H.207
Perkins, Robbin185
Der-Yeghiayan, Samuel184
Ellison, Sarah M.181
Nelson, Kristi173
Lee, June117
Yokoyama, Lori107
Harrell, Stephen W.104
Charanza, Albert83
Baldini-Potermin, Maria75
Verma, Dinesh C.64
Rubenstein, John S.44
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
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
Vyas, Akash6
Bashore, Jacob D.5
Hable, Paul A.5
Howard, Justin W.5
Poore, John A.5
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
Lucic, Nicholas B.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 October 23, 2026, 13 days ago. The record covers decisions from November 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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