Immigration judge

Espinoza, Carla

Chicago Immigration Court

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

Lifetime grant rate

46.7%

330 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

21.7%

44 decisions · 12 months ending March 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%Jan 2024Jun 2024Nov 2024Apr 2025Sep 2025Mar 2026Month each 12-month window ends21.7%76.4% — 12 months ending Jan 2024 (55 decisions)77.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2024 (66 decisions)77.9% — 12 months ending Mar 2024 (95 decisions)75.5% — 12 months ending Apr 2024 (106 decisions)70.5% — 12 months ending May 2024 (129 decisions)68.7% — 12 months ending Jun 2024 (150 decisions)68.4% — 12 months ending Jul 2024 (171 decisions)64.7% — 12 months ending Aug 2024 (187 decisions)57.9% — 12 months ending Sep 2024 (195 decisions)56.2% — 12 months ending Oct 2024 (203 decisions)52.8% — 12 months ending Nov 2024 (199 decisions)50.5% — 12 months ending Dec 2024 (206 decisions)47.5% — 12 months ending Jan 2025 (202 decisions)44.1% — 12 months ending Feb 2025 (211 decisions)38.7% — 12 months ending Mar 2025 (191 decisions)36.4% — 12 months ending Apr 2025 (187 decisions)33.5% — 12 months ending May 2025 (173 decisions)28.7% — 12 months ending Jun 2025 (174 decisions)23.6% — 12 months ending Jul 2025 (157 decisions)21.0% — 12 months ending Sep 2025 (138 decisions)21.7% — 12 months ending Mar 2026 (120 decisions)

The line is broken where this record has no decisions for several months. It is left open rather than joined, because joining it would imply decisions that were never recorded.

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

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
March 20261Not reported
September 20251Not reported
July 20254Not reported
June 202522Not reported
May 20259Not reported
April 20257Not reported
March 20259Not reported
February 202520Not reported
January 202512Not reported
December 202413Not reported
November 202410Not reported
October 202412Not reported
September 202419Not reported
August 202420Not reported
July 202421Not reported
June 202421Not reported
May 202423Not reported
April 202411Not reported
March 20242979.3%
February 202411Not reported
January 202416Not reported
December 20236Not reported
November 202314Not reported
October 20234Not 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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