Immigration judge

Nickerson, William J., JR.

Fort Snelling Immigration Court

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How current these figures are

Captured September 24, 2026 — today. Decisions made since then are not included.

88

Lifetime decisions on record

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

Not reported

Fewer than 25 decisions on record. A percentage drawn from so few decisions would be misleading, so it is withheld rather than shown.

5.3%

FY2025 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%Jan 2009Apr 2009Jul 2009Oct 2009Jan 2010Apr 2010Month each 12-month window ends66.7%60.0% — 12 months ending Jan 2009 (25 decisions)51.7% — 12 months ending Feb 2009 (29 decisions)54.3% — 12 months ending Mar 2009 (35 decisions)48.7% — 12 months ending Apr 2009 (39 decisions)48.8% — 12 months ending May 2009 (41 decisions)50.0% — 12 months ending Jun 2009 (48 decisions)51.9% — 12 months ending Jul 2009 (52 decisions)54.7% — 12 months ending Aug 2009 (53 decisions)56.1% — 12 months ending Sep 2009 (57 decisions)54.5% — 12 months ending Oct 2009 (55 decisions)50.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2009 (50 decisions)54.3% — 12 months ending Jan 2010 (46 decisions)66.7% — 12 months ending Apr 2010 (33 decisions)

19 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
September 20151Not reported
May 20151Not reported
April 20151Not reported
March 20151Not reported
February 20151Not reported
November 20141Not reported
December 20131Not reported
May 20131Not reported
December 20121Not reported
July 20111Not reported
February 20111Not reported
September 20102Not reported
August 20102Not reported
April 20101Not reported
January 20102Not reported
December 20092Not reported
October 20095Not reported
September 20095Not reported
August 20095Not reported
July 20094Not reported
June 20097Not reported
May 20092Not reported
April 20094Not reported
March 20096Not 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 24, 2026, today. The record covers decisions from August 1998 through September 2015; nothing filed or decided after September 2015 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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