Immigration judge

O'Brien, Matthew J.

Arlington Immigration Court

How current these figures are

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

281

Lifetime decisions on record

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

4.7%

86 decisions · 12 months ending September 2022

0.0%

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%Mar 2021Jul 2021Nov 2021Mar 2022Sep 2022Month each 12-month window ends4.7%1.0% — 12 months ending Mar 2021 (103 decisions)0.9% — 12 months ending Apr 2021 (116 decisions)1.5% — 12 months ending May 2021 (134 decisions)3.8% — 12 months ending Jun 2021 (158 decisions)4.6% — 12 months ending Jul 2021 (175 decisions)5.5% — 12 months ending Aug 2021 (183 decisions)7.1% — 12 months ending Sep 2021 (184 decisions)7.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2021 (155 decisions)8.4% — 12 months ending Nov 2021 (154 decisions)9.2% — 12 months ending Dec 2021 (141 decisions)9.1% — 12 months ending Jan 2022 (143 decisions)8.6% — 12 months ending Feb 2022 (152 decisions)10.5% — 12 months ending Mar 2022 (152 decisions)11.0% — 12 months ending Apr 2022 (146 decisions)10.3% — 12 months ending May 2022 (146 decisions)4.7% — 12 months ending Sep 2022 (86 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 21 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
September 20221Not reported
May 202218Not reported
April 20227Not reported
March 20229Not reported
February 202217Not reported
January 20222Not reported
December 202116Not reported
November 202113Not reported
October 20213Not reported
September 202112Not reported
August 20218Not reported
July 202117Not reported
June 202124Not reported
May 202118Not reported
April 202113Not reported
March 20219Not reported
February 20218Not reported
December 2020290.0%
November 202014Not reported
October 2020323.1%
September 202011Not 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 October 23, 2026, 13 days ago. The record covers decisions from September 2020 through September 2022; nothing filed or decided after September 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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