Immigration court

New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court

New York, NY, 10278

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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

New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court is one of the U.S. immigration courts in this record. The court-wide asylum grant rate in the release is 34.5%. 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

34.5%

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

208,544

Decisions on record

222

Judges

Court location

26 Federal Plaza, 12th Floor, Room 1237

New York, NY, 10278

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 ends6.8%76.5% — 12 months ending Sep 2023 (8,088 decisions)76.6% — 12 months ending Oct 2023 (8,103 decisions)76.9% — 12 months ending Nov 2023 (8,177 decisions)76.9% — 12 months ending Dec 2023 (8,159 decisions)76.8% — 12 months ending Jan 2024 (8,176 decisions)76.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2024 (8,030 decisions)75.4% — 12 months ending Mar 2024 (7,771 decisions)75.1% — 12 months ending Apr 2024 (7,785 decisions)74.5% — 12 months ending May 2024 (7,759 decisions)73.5% — 12 months ending Jun 2024 (7,672 decisions)73.3% — 12 months ending Jul 2024 (7,662 decisions)71.9% — 12 months ending Aug 2024 (7,569 decisions)69.9% — 12 months ending Sep 2024 (7,576 decisions)67.4% — 12 months ending Oct 2024 (7,557 decisions)64.9% — 12 months ending Nov 2024 (7,470 decisions)63.2% — 12 months ending Dec 2024 (7,438 decisions)60.2% — 12 months ending Jan 2025 (7,458 decisions)57.2% — 12 months ending Feb 2025 (7,603 decisions)54.0% — 12 months ending Mar 2025 (7,793 decisions)51.0% — 12 months ending Apr 2025 (7,937 decisions)47.7% — 12 months ending May 2025 (8,125 decisions)44.2% — 12 months ending Jun 2025 (8,654 decisions)40.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2025 (9,146 decisions)37.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2025 (9,814 decisions)34.5% — 12 months ending Sep 2025 (10,521 decisions)31.2% — 12 months ending Oct 2025 (11,412 decisions)28.9% — 12 months ending Nov 2025 (12,080 decisions)25.6% — 12 months ending Dec 2025 (12,689 decisions)22.0% — 12 months ending Jan 2026 (13,413 decisions)19.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2026 (14,206 decisions)16.5% — 12 months ending Mar 2026 (15,643 decisions)14.1% — 12 months ending Apr 2026 (16,619 decisions)12.2% — 12 months ending May 2026 (17,374 decisions)10.1% — 12 months ending Jun 2026 (19,129 decisions)8.3% — 12 months ending Jul 2026 (21,761 decisions)6.8% — 12 months ending Aug 2026 (22,815 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
Laforest, Brigitte6,879
Nelson, Barbara A.6,809
Bain, Terry A.6,717
Schoppert, Douglas B.6,528
Morace, Philip L.6,428
Brennan, Noel A.6,353
Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E.6,208
Chew, George T.5,821
Sichel, Helen5,704
Mcmanus, Margaret5,540
Lamb, Elizabeth A.5,397
Rohan, Patricia A.4,718
Bukszpan, Joanna M.4,325
Wright, Virna A.4,060
Weisel, Robert D.3,691
Zagzoug, Randa3,655
Loprest, F. James, JR.3,647
Hom, Sandy3,492
Segal, Alice3,402
Wyke, William Van3,349
Thompson, Donald W., JR.3,104
Christensen, Jesse B.3,068
Burr, Sarah M.2,988
Elstein, Annette S.2,975
Sponzo, Jem C.2,968
Poczter, Aviva L.2,954
Leeds, Frederic G.2,937
Balasquide, Javier E.2,529
Klahr, Deborah E.2,517
Holmes-Simmons, Theresa2,495
Mulligan, Thomas J.2,475
Peal, Tiesha2,469
Little, Anna C.2,452
Douchy, Evalyn P.2,445
Videla, Gabriel C.2,314
Sagesse, Cathy2,256
Mcfarland, Michael G.2,255
Factor, Samuel M.2,167
Lurye, Maria2,116
Defonzo, Paul2,028
Golovnin, Lena1,965
Harbeck, Dorothy A.1,895
Siemietkowski, John1,806
Nassar, Dania1,772
Gordon, Cynthia1,734
Ferris, Noel A.1,649
Cohen, Raisa1,634
Cheng, Mary1,621
Cassin, Olivia L.1,488
Vomacka, Alan A.1,464
Johnson-Papillo, Carrie C.1,427
Crawford, Carol A.1,385
Dandelet, Kyle1,352
Chase, Jeffrey S.1,320
Kouris, Theodora N.1,306
Khan, Amiena A.1,297
Reingold, Jonathan1,196
Tsankov, Mimi1,064
Adams, Lori1,030
Abrams, Steven R.1,021
Ehrens, Lisa1,002
Maiellano, Gioia1,001
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.989
Opaciuch, Adam988
Ghartey, Victoria L.967
Mccarthy, James M.937
Thomsen, Scott906
Jeannopoulos, Amanda882
Navarro, Maria E.786
Jankun, William F.781
Kolbe, Margaret774
Nazaire, Karen737
Palmer, Brian T.710
Mcdermott, William668
Spencer, Oshea627
Kim, David618
Hom, Howard C.584
Baez, Lucy553
Hristova, Linda538
Conroy, Charles R.499
Adrian, Matthew T.476
Farber, Lauren T.473
Burns, John464
Donnolo, Paula449
Campanella, Lorianne439
Opaciuch, John433
Honeyman, Charles M.417
Mills, Miriam K.414
Chugh, Amit391
Cusmano, Christopher381
Lee-Lo, Adrien333
Russelburg, Joseph298
Kilker, Jean M.244
Rey Caldas, Carmen241
Pieters, Edwin191
Pierro, Laura N.178
Holloway, Richard161
Samuels, Laurie158
Rubenstein, John S.149
Ubarri, Maria137
Dean, Larry R.131
Jones, David M.125
Kitchen, James121
Menkin, Jeffrey L.110
Gillman, Marla97
Verma, Dinesh C.91
Ling, Lisa W.89
Speer, John K.88
Berich, Watson87
Niburg, Rebecca80
Bowens, Tanisha72
Igoe, Alison72
Kanellakos, Thanos68
Bain, Quynh Vu63
Moskow, Robert61
Taylor, Khalilah60
Mishkin, Marion S59
Singh, Rantideva59
Sagerman, Roger F.55
Kessler, Elizabeth A.48
Josephson, Kenneth41
Wilson, Earle B41
Sukkar, Elisa M.38
Romig, Jeffrey L.36
Defillo, Irma Lopez35
Behne, Audra R.34
Reichenberg, Margaret R.34
Johnston, Paul L33
Fraiden, David31
Peterson, William C.31
Sanders, Charles J.31
Mcnulty, Sheila30
Kandler, Edward R.29
London, Charlesa E.29
Kelly, Wynne P.28
Criss, Scott D.27
Parchert, Brett M.27
Sandron, Ira26
Buchanan, Patricia L.25
Alexander, Scott G.24
Kulick, Dawn24
Lazare-Raphael, Shirley23
Alexander, Erin22
Imburgia, Joseph S.22
Randall, Anthony J.22
Kleinfeld, Seymour R.21
Karesh, Ellen18
Levinsky, Mitchell A.18
Ruehle, Walter H.18
Barcus, E. Mark17
Bither, Christine A.17
Gagnon, Paul M.17
Mccormack, Nancy R.17
Klein, Eliza15
Livingston, Donn L.15
Mccullough, Charles M.15
Hurewitz, Kenneth S.14
Renner, Renee L.14
Chapa, Teofilo13
Miranda, Pedro A.13
Beschta, Susan M12
Henry, Jennifer11
Lane, Denise A. Marks10
Luba, Louis J.10
Territola, Toniann9
Clemente, Jesus8
Hochul, Denise8
O'Leary, Thomas Michael8
Perl, Adam8
Slavin, Denise N.8
Solow, Bruce W.8
Benton, Jimmie Lee7
Coleman, Sandra S.7
Horn, Michael C.7
Shapiro, Leonard I.7
Duck, John A., JR.6
Ferguson, Jason D.6
Ford, Rex J.6
Ho, Anna6
Sonom, Ronald G.5
Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana5
Karden, Stuart F.4
Mart, H. Kevin4
Ward, Robert Q.4
Cole, Samuel B.3
Herndon, Megan B.3
Latimore, Jan D.3
O'Leary, Brian M.3
Owens, Robert P.3
Page, Alan L.3
Williams, Phillip T.3
Anderson, David C.2
Bartolomei, Rico J.2
Martin, William J.2
Martinez, Hugo R.2
Schmidt, Paul W.2
Vinikoor, Robert D.2
Bradley, Kevin G.1
Burman, Lawrence O.1
Burnham, Shayne R.1
Calcador, Kerri1
Echavarren, Daniel1
Grogan, Edward1
Holliday, Carey R.1
Hoover, Forrest W., III1
Iskra, Wayne1
Johnson, Kelly S.1
Joyce, William1
Koppenhofer, Andrea1
Lalor, Kieran1
Lewandowski, Robert M.1
Lopez-Enriquez, Maria1
Malvin, Daniel H.1
Manuel, Elise1
Miller, Joe D.1
Ragno, Thomas M.1
Rastegar, Ramin1
Riley, Teresa L.1
Tadal, Mirlande1
Taylor, John D.1
Vargas-Padilla, Nelson A.1
Williams, Keith C.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 24, 2026, 23 days ago. The record covers decisions from October 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.

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