Immigration judge

Santiago, Luisa

Sterling 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

12.0%

358 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

7.3%

191 decisions · 12 months ending January 2026

19.4%

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 2025Jan 2026Month each 12-month window ends7.3%28.1% — 12 months ending Jan 2024 (32 decisions)27.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2024 (37 decisions)28.6% — 12 months ending Mar 2024 (49 decisions)23.5% — 12 months ending Apr 2024 (68 decisions)21.8% — 12 months ending May 2024 (78 decisions)22.4% — 12 months ending Jun 2024 (85 decisions)20.2% — 12 months ending Jul 2024 (94 decisions)17.2% — 12 months ending Aug 2024 (99 decisions)19.6% — 12 months ending Sep 2024 (112 decisions)18.1% — 12 months ending Oct 2024 (116 decisions)15.4% — 12 months ending Nov 2024 (117 decisions)16.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2024 (131 decisions)14.8% — 12 months ending Jan 2025 (135 decisions)14.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2025 (143 decisions)11.0% — 12 months ending Mar 2025 (145 decisions)11.6% — 12 months ending Apr 2025 (138 decisions)12.3% — 12 months ending May 2025 (146 decisions)10.0% — 12 months ending Jun 2025 (160 decisions)9.1% — 12 months ending Jul 2025 (176 decisions)11.5% — 12 months ending Aug 2025 (174 decisions)8.5% — 12 months ending Sep 2025 (177 decisions)9.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2025 (186 decisions)9.1% — 12 months ending Nov 2025 (198 decisions)7.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2025 (199 decisions)7.3% — 12 months ending Jan 2026 (191 decisions)

7 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 24 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
January 20264Not reported
December 202519Not reported
November 202519Not reported
October 202515Not reported
September 202518Not reported
August 202511Not reported
July 2025260.0%
June 202522Not reported
May 202518Not reported
April 202512Not reported
March 202514Not reported
February 202513Not reported
January 202512Not reported
December 202418Not reported
November 20247Not reported
October 20246Not reported
September 202415Not reported
August 202413Not reported
July 202410Not reported
June 20248Not reported
May 202410Not reported
April 202419Not reported
March 202412Not reported
February 20245Not 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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