Immigration court

New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court

New York, NY, 10278

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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 61.8%. 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.

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Court-wide grant rate

61.8%

209,611

Decisions on record

224

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.

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
Laforest, Brigitte	79.4%	6,880
Nelson, Barbara A.	39.9%	6,733
Bain, Terry A.	88.9%	6,718
Schoppert, Douglas B.	77.4%	6,530
Morace, Philip L.	78.9%	6,429
Brennan, Noel A.	86.5%	6,353
Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E.	80.6%	6,208
Chew, George T.	80.5%	5,822
Sichel, Helen	74.1%	5,704
Mcmanus, Margaret	89.6%	5,541
Lamb, Elizabeth A.	77.7%	5,398
Rohan, Patricia A.	82.3%	4,718
Bukszpan, Joanna M.	67.9%	4,328
Wright, Virna A.	54.1%	3,981
Weisel, Robert D.	65.4%	3,691
Zagzoug, Randa	72.1%	3,669
Loprest, F. James	61.7%	3,605
Hom, Sandy	38.6%	3,494
Segal, Alice	72.4%	3,402
Wyke, William Van	85.0%	3,349
Sponzo, Jem C.	43.8%	3,171
Thompson, Donald W.	58.3%	3,113
Christensen, Jesse B.	56.7%	3,071
Burr, Sarah M.	69.8%	2,988
Elstein, Annette S.	72.5%	2,977
Poczter, Aviva L.	61.7%	2,955
Leeds, Frederic G.	69.7%	2,942
Balasquide, Javier E.	75.2%	2,529
Holmes-Simmons, Theresa	73.1%	2,495
Mulligan, Thomas J.	82.3%	2,483
Douchy, Evalyn P.	71.4%	2,450
Klahr, Deborah E.	30.6%	2,366
Peal, Tiesha	11.6%	2,319
Videla, Gabriel C.	48.8%	2,314
Sagesse, Cathy	35.1%	2,272
Mcfarland, Michael G.	45.5%	2,268
Lurye, Maria	67.7%	2,130
Little, Anna C.	39.1%	2,098
Factor, Samuel M.	37.2%	2,081
Defonzo, Paul	47.3%	2,029
Golovnin, Lena	43.3%	1,967
Nassar, Dania	24.5%	1,854
Harbeck, Dorothy A.	48.3%	1,850
Gordon, Cynthia	56.1%	1,738
Siemietkowski, John	18.9%	1,735
Johnson-Papillo, Carrie C.	18.7%	1,654
Ferris, Noel A.	56.8%	1,649
Cohen, Raisa	80.3%	1,632
Cheng, Mary	72.1%	1,623
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.	32.8%	1,549
Opaciuch, Adam	35.1%	1,541
Cassin, Olivia L.	83.7%	1,488
Vomacka, Alan A.	44.6%	1,467
Dandelet, Kyle	50.6%	1,367
Crawford, Carol A.	32.0%	1,355
Chase, Jeffrey S.	49.6%	1,320
Kouris, Theodora N.	64.7%	1,318
Khan, Amiena A.	73.6%	1,302
Reingold, Jonathan	26.5%	1,099
Tsankov, Mimi	69.0%	1,076
Ehrens, Lisa	60.4%	1,055
Adams, Lori	70.1%	1,046
Abrams, Steven R.	50.8%	1,025
Maiellano, Gioia	24.2%	1,016
Ghartey, Victoria L.	50.3%	967
Mccarthy, James M.	36.8%	941
Jeannopoulos, Amanda	26.1%	917
Thomsen, Scott	64.1%	905
Nazaire, Karen	6.2%	851
Navarro, Maria E.	78.9%	787
Jankun, William F.	8.5%	781
Kolbe, Margaret	72.9%	774
Palmer, Brian T.	37.6%	710
Opaciuch, John	15.3%	701
Mcdermott, William	70.5%	668
Spencer, Oshea	22.8%	628
Kim, David	67.3%	620
Hom, Howard C.	51.9%	584
Conroy, Charles R.	41.3%	499
Adrian, Matthew T.	51.5%	476
Farber, Lauren T.	66.6%	473
Burns, John	1.3%	455
Donnolo, Paula	68.6%	449
Campanella, Lorianne	61.4%	440
Hristova, Linda	1.6%	431
Baez, Lucy	4.6%	418
Honeyman, Charles M.	46.8%	417
Mills, Miriam K.	52.9%	414
Chugh, Amit	53.9%	390
Cusmano, Christopher	1.6%	322
Johnston, Paul L	22.2%	316
Russelburg, Joseph	36.6%	298
Peterson, William C.	25.3%	285
Lee-Lo, Adrien	6.3%	254
Rey Caldas, Carmen	54.6%	242
Pieters, Edwin	47.1%	191
Kandler, Edward R.	43.5%	184
Pierro, Laura N.	36.0%	178
Rubenstein, John S.	0.0%	152
Kilker, Jean M.	6.5%	138
Ubarri, Maria	64.2%	137
Jones, David M.	0.0%	135
Dean, Larry R.	20.6%	131
Livingston, Donn L.	41.0%	122
Menkin, Jeffrey L.	2.7%	110
Verma, Dinesh C.	0.0%	101
Ling, Lisa W.	53.9%	89
Speer, John K.	13.6%	88
Niburg, Rebecca	0.0%	85
Holloway, Richard	6.1%	82
Bowens, Tanisha	0.0%	80
Igoe, Alison	0.0%	74
Kanellakos, Thanos	0.0%	74
Samuels, Laurie	0.0%	64
Bain, Quynh Vu	68.3%	63
Taylor, Khalilah	71.7%	60
Singh, Rantideva	10.2%	59
Sagerman, Roger F.	30.9%	55
Sukkar, Elisa M.	27.5%	51
Sanders, Charles J.	53.1%	49
Kessler, Elizabeth A.	0.0%	47
Josephson, Kenneth	53.3%	45
Kitchen, James	0.0%	45
Berich, Watson	0.0%	42
Wilson, Earle B	24.4%	41
Romig, Jeffrey L.	16.7%	36
Defillo, Irma Lopez	60.0%	35
Behne, Audra R.	11.8%	34
Reichenberg, Margaret R.	52.9%	34
Randall, Anthony J.	63.6%	33
Fraiden, David	100.0%	31
Kleinfeld, Seymour R.	61.3%	31
Gillman, Marla	0.0%	30
Mcnulty, Sheila	90.0%	30
London, Charlesa E.	55.2%	29
Kelly, Wynne P.	17.9%	28
Sandron, Ira	50.0%	28
Alexander, Scott G.	44.4%	27
Criss, Scott D.	40.7%	27
Parchert, Brett M.	33.3%	27
Levinsky, Mitchell A.	46.2%	26
Buchanan, Patricia L.	68.0%	25
Kulick, Dawn	Not reported	24
Lazare-Raphael, Shirley	Not reported	23
Alexander, Erin	Not reported	22
Hurewitz, Kenneth S.	Not reported	22
Imburgia, Joseph S.	Not reported	22
Miller, Joe D.	Not reported	21
Karesh, Ellen	Not reported	18
Mccormack, Nancy R.	Not reported	18
Miranda, Pedro A.	Not reported	18
Ruehle, Walter H.	Not reported	18
Barcus, E. Mark	Not reported	17
Bither, Christine A.	Not reported	17
Gagnon, Paul M.	Not reported	17
Moskow, Robert	Not reported	17
Klein, Eliza	Not reported	15
Mccullough, Charles M.	Not reported	15
Renner, Renee L.	Not reported	14
Chapa, Teofilo	Not reported	13
Mishkin, Marion S	Not reported	13
Beschta, Susan M	Not reported	12
Coleman, Sandra S.	Not reported	12
Lane, Denise A. Marks	Not reported	10
Clemente, Jesus	Not reported	8
Hochul, Denise	Not reported	8
Horn, Michael C.	Not reported	8
O'Leary, Thomas Michael	Not reported	8
Perl, Adam	Not reported	8
Slavin, Denise N.	Not reported	8
Solow, Bruce W.	Not reported	8
Benton, Jimmie Lee	Not reported	7
Shapiro, Leonard I.	Not reported	7
Ayala, David	Not reported	6
Duck, John A.	Not reported	6
Ferguson, Jason D.	Not reported	6
Ford, Rex J.	Not reported	6
Ho, Anna	Not reported	6
Tadal, Mirlande	Not reported	6
Bradley, Kevin G.	Not reported	5
Sheppard, Patricia	Not reported	5
Sonom, Ronald G.	Not reported	5
Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana	Not reported	5
Joyce, William	Not reported	4
Karden, Stuart F.	Not reported	4
Malloy, Rosalind K.	Not reported	4
Mart, H. Kevin	Not reported	4
Ward, Robert Q.	Not reported	4
Williams, Keith C.	Not reported	4
Bank, Ira	Not reported	3
Cole, Samuel B.	Not reported	3
Herndon, Megan B.	Not reported	3
Latimore, Jan D.	Not reported	3
O'Leary, Brian M.	Not reported	3
Owens, Robert P.	Not reported	3
Page, Alan L.	Not reported	3
Williams, Phillip T.	Not reported	3
Anderson, David C.	Not reported	2
Bartolomei, Rico J.	Not reported	2
Martin, William J.	Not reported	2
Martinez, Hugo R.	Not reported	2
Schmidt, Paul W.	Not reported	2
Vinikoor, Robert D.	Not reported	2
Burman, Lawrence O.	Not reported	1
Burnham, Shayne R.	Not reported	1
Calcador, Kerri	Not reported	1
Echavarren, Daniel	Not reported	1
Fujimoto, James R.	Not reported	1
Grogan, Edward	Not reported	1
Holliday, Carey R.	Not reported	1
Hoover, Forrest W.	Not reported	1
Iskra, Wayne	Not reported	1
Johnson, Kelly S.	Not reported	1
Koppenhofer, Andrea	Not reported	1
Lalor, Kieran	Not reported	1
Lewandowski, Robert M.	Not reported	1
Lopez-Enriquez, Maria	Not reported	1
Malvin, Daniel H.	Not reported	1
Manuel, Elise	Not reported	1
Ragno, Thomas M.	Not reported	1
Rastegar, Ramin	Not reported	1
Riley, Teresa L.	Not reported	1
Taylor, John D.	Not reported	1
Vargas-Padilla, Nelson A.	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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