Immigration judge

Defonzo, Paul

New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court

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These figures are not current

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

Lifetime grant rate

47.3%

2,029 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

66.3%

202 decisions · 12 months ending August 2008

61.8%

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%Sep 2005Apr 2006Nov 2006Jun 2007Jan 2008Aug 2008Month each 12-month window ends66.3%38.9% — 12 months ending Sep 2005 (211 decisions)39.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2005 (204 decisions)43.6% — 12 months ending Nov 2005 (218 decisions)46.3% — 12 months ending Dec 2005 (205 decisions)46.0% — 12 months ending Jan 2006 (211 decisions)46.5% — 12 months ending Feb 2006 (217 decisions)46.1% — 12 months ending Mar 2006 (219 decisions)48.6% — 12 months ending Apr 2006 (218 decisions)50.4% — 12 months ending May 2006 (224 decisions)49.4% — 12 months ending Jun 2006 (233 decisions)50.7% — 12 months ending Jul 2006 (225 decisions)55.4% — 12 months ending Aug 2006 (222 decisions)59.9% — 12 months ending Sep 2006 (212 decisions)60.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2006 (211 decisions)59.5% — 12 months ending Nov 2006 (200 decisions)58.9% — 12 months ending Dec 2006 (209 decisions)62.8% — 12 months ending Jan 2007 (215 decisions)64.9% — 12 months ending Feb 2007 (228 decisions)66.5% — 12 months ending Mar 2007 (221 decisions)65.9% — 12 months ending Apr 2007 (223 decisions)64.8% — 12 months ending May 2007 (227 decisions)68.6% — 12 months ending Jun 2007 (223 decisions)65.8% — 12 months ending Jul 2007 (237 decisions)62.6% — 12 months ending Aug 2007 (251 decisions)61.0% — 12 months ending Sep 2007 (249 decisions)60.9% — 12 months ending Oct 2007 (253 decisions)60.6% — 12 months ending Nov 2007 (249 decisions)60.2% — 12 months ending Dec 2007 (241 decisions)58.7% — 12 months ending Jan 2008 (230 decisions)58.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2008 (211 decisions)58.8% — 12 months ending Mar 2008 (211 decisions)61.0% — 12 months ending Apr 2008 (210 decisions)62.6% — 12 months ending May 2008 (214 decisions)61.3% — 12 months ending Jun 2008 (217 decisions)64.1% — 12 months ending Jul 2008 (217 decisions)66.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2008 (202 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
August 200810Not reported
July 200824Not reported
June 200822Not reported
May 200824Not reported
April 200820Not reported
March 200816Not reported
February 200811Not reported
January 200816Not reported
December 200714Not reported
November 200715Not reported
October 200722Not reported
September 20078Not reported
August 20072548.0%
July 200724Not reported
June 200719Not reported
May 200720Not reported
April 200721Not reported
March 200716Not reported
February 20073066.7%
January 20072774.1%
December 200622Not reported
November 200619Not reported
October 200618Not reported
September 200610Not reported

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.

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