Immigration judge

Laforest, Brigitte

New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court

How current these figures are

Captured October 23, 2026 — 13 days ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

6,878

Lifetime decisions on record

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

93.1%

29 decisions · 12 months ending April 2022

5.9%

FY2026 court 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%Dec 2017Sep 2018Jun 2019Mar 2020Jan 2021Nov 2021Month each 12-month window ends89.7%81.7% — 12 months ending Dec 2017 (290 decisions)81.3% — 12 months ending Jan 2018 (294 decisions)82.6% — 12 months ending Feb 2018 (321 decisions)81.5% — 12 months ending Mar 2018 (298 decisions)81.3% — 12 months ending Apr 2018 (343 decisions)80.6% — 12 months ending May 2018 (377 decisions)80.7% — 12 months ending Jun 2018 (378 decisions)80.9% — 12 months ending Jul 2018 (403 decisions)80.8% — 12 months ending Aug 2018 (433 decisions)79.2% — 12 months ending Sep 2018 (438 decisions)78.0% — 12 months ending Oct 2018 (460 decisions)76.3% — 12 months ending Nov 2018 (490 decisions)76.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2018 (499 decisions)75.6% — 12 months ending Jan 2019 (476 decisions)73.1% — 12 months ending Feb 2019 (469 decisions)72.9% — 12 months ending Mar 2019 (480 decisions)71.1% — 12 months ending Apr 2019 (450 decisions)70.1% — 12 months ending May 2019 (432 decisions)70.7% — 12 months ending Jun 2019 (457 decisions)70.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2019 (476 decisions)67.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2019 (459 decisions)65.9% — 12 months ending Sep 2019 (461 decisions)66.3% — 12 months ending Oct 2019 (418 decisions)67.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2019 (361 decisions)66.9% — 12 months ending Jan 2020 (329 decisions)69.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2020 (309 decisions)69.9% — 12 months ending Mar 2020 (276 decisions)71.2% — 12 months ending May 2020 (205 decisions)68.3% — 12 months ending Jul 2020 (120 decisions)73.5% — 12 months ending Aug 2020 (98 decisions)83.6% — 12 months ending Sep 2020 (73 decisions)88.0% — 12 months ending Jan 2021 (75 decisions)87.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2021 (69 decisions)83.9% — 12 months ending Mar 2021 (62 decisions)86.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2021 (50 decisions)89.7% — 12 months ending Nov 2021 (29 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.

8 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
April 20221Not reported
March 202224Not reported
November 20211Not reported
September 20212Not reported
July 20211Not reported
March 20211Not reported
February 20217Not reported
January 202117Not reported
September 202018Not reported
August 20206Not reported
July 202012Not reported
May 20201Not reported
March 20208Not reported
February 202013Not reported
January 20201Not reported
November 20192Not reported
October 201912Not reported
September 20194358.1%
August 20192853.6%
July 20194772.3%
June 20195076.0%
May 20193865.8%
April 20193467.7%
March 20194170.7%

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 October 23, 2026, 13 days ago. The record covers decisions from November 1997 through April 2022; nothing filed or decided after April 2022 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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