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Immigration judge

Defoe, Craig A.

Chicago Immigration Court

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Captured September 18, 2026 — about 0 months ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

Chicago Immigration Court

Lifetime grant rate

23.1%

2,222 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

5.6%

664 decisions · 12 months ending July 2026

34.2%

Court lifetime average

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%Aug 2023Mar 2024Oct 2024May 2025Dec 2025Jul 2026Month each 12-month window ends5.6%36.7% — 12 months ending Aug 2023 (327 decisions)35.5% — 12 months ending Sep 2023 (301 decisions)33.1% — 12 months ending Oct 2023 (299 decisions)32.1% — 12 months ending Nov 2023 (305 decisions)35.7% — 12 months ending Dec 2023 (305 decisions)33.9% — 12 months ending Jan 2024 (283 decisions)36.5% — 12 months ending Feb 2024 (263 decisions)35.3% — 12 months ending Mar 2024 (224 decisions)36.4% — 12 months ending Apr 2024 (206 decisions)35.7% — 12 months ending May 2024 (213 decisions)36.6% — 12 months ending Jun 2024 (216 decisions)35.5% — 12 months ending Jul 2024 (217 decisions)31.8% — 12 months ending Aug 2024 (223 decisions)31.8% — 12 months ending Sep 2024 (217 decisions)31.4% — 12 months ending Oct 2024 (207 decisions)30.1% — 12 months ending Nov 2024 (186 decisions)25.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2024 (184 decisions)23.4% — 12 months ending Jan 2025 (184 decisions)21.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2025 (202 decisions)20.9% — 12 months ending Mar 2025 (220 decisions)19.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2025 (243 decisions)14.8% — 12 months ending May 2025 (270 decisions)15.1% — 12 months ending Jun 2025 (298 decisions)15.4% — 12 months ending Jul 2025 (364 decisions)13.7% — 12 months ending Aug 2025 (417 decisions)12.4% — 12 months ending Sep 2025 (506 decisions)11.2% — 12 months ending Oct 2025 (552 decisions)10.6% — 12 months ending Nov 2025 (605 decisions)9.7% — 12 months ending Dec 2025 (642 decisions)9.1% — 12 months ending Jan 2026 (681 decisions)8.1% — 12 months ending Feb 2026 (706 decisions)7.5% — 12 months ending Mar 2026 (711 decisions)7.0% — 12 months ending Apr 2026 (711 decisions)7.6% — 12 months ending May 2026 (722 decisions)6.4% — 12 months ending Jun 2026 (708 decisions)5.6% — 12 months ending Jul 2026 (664 decisions)

5 months are not plotted: the 12 months ending there held fewer than 25 decisions.

Same judge name at other courts

This record covers one court only. The same judge name also appears at the courts below, with separate statistics.

Monthly decisions

Showing the most recent 24 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
July 2026348.8%
June 2026380.0%
May 20266716.4%
April 2026310.0%
March 2026280.0%
February 2026530.0%
January 2026570.0%
December 2025551.8%
November 2025659.2%
October 2025664.6%
September 2025988.2%
August 2025726.9%
July 20257814.1%
June 20255219.2%
May 20255610.7%
April 2025319.7%
March 202523Not reported
February 20252817.9%
January 202518Not reported
December 202418Not reported
November 202412Not reported
October 202420Not reported
September 20249Not reported
August 202419Not reported

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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.

Open the source data — Deportation Data Project

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