Immigration judge

Peterson, William C.

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

25.3%

285 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

24.5%

88 decisions · 12 months ending October 2002

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%Jun 2001Sep 2001Dec 2001Jul 2002Oct 2002Month each 12-month window ends24.5%25.0% — 12 months ending Jun 2001 (84 decisions)25.2% — 12 months ending Jul 2001 (119 decisions)24.2% — 12 months ending Aug 2001 (149 decisions)23.7% — 12 months ending Sep 2001 (169 decisions)21.8% — 12 months ending Oct 2001 (197 decisions)24.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2001 (225 decisions)22.8% — 12 months ending Dec 2001 (237 decisions)24.8% — 12 months ending Jan 2002 (254 decisions)24.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2002 (263 decisions)24.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2002 (250 decisions)24.5% — 12 months ending Oct 2002 (229 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.

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 16 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
October 20021Not reported
July 20021Not reported
February 200218Not reported
January 20022839.3%
December 200112Not reported
November 20012839.3%
October 20012810.7%
September 200120Not reported
August 20013020.0%
July 20013525.7%
June 200112Not reported
May 200116Not reported
April 200122Not reported
March 200114Not reported
February 20019Not reported
January 200111Not 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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