Immigration judge

Schmidt, Paul W.

Cleveland Immigration Court

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Captured September 18, 2026 — about 0 months ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

Lifetime grant rate

59.1%

230 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

76.7%

25 decisions · 12 months ending March 2009

15.4%

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%Jul 2005Mar 2006Nov 2006Jul 2007Mar 2008Mar 2009Month each 12-month window ends76.7%36.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2005 (50 decisions)34.0% — 12 months ending Aug 2005 (50 decisions)34.0% — 12 months ending Sep 2005 (53 decisions)35.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2005 (60 decisions)39.4% — 12 months ending Dec 2005 (66 decisions)41.8% — 12 months ending Jan 2006 (67 decisions)46.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2006 (50 decisions)47.2% — 12 months ending Mar 2006 (53 decisions)50.0% — 12 months ending Apr 2006 (58 decisions)50.0% — 12 months ending May 2006 (62 decisions)56.3% — 12 months ending Jun 2006 (71 decisions)66.2% — 12 months ending Jul 2006 (71 decisions)67.5% — 12 months ending Sep 2006 (80 decisions)70.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2006 (82 decisions)71.8% — 12 months ending Nov 2006 (85 decisions)74.7% — 12 months ending Dec 2006 (79 decisions)74.0% — 12 months ending Jan 2007 (73 decisions)73.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2007 (75 decisions)72.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2007 (75 decisions)71.2% — 12 months ending Aug 2007 (73 decisions)72.5% — 12 months ending Sep 2007 (69 decisions)73.1% — 12 months ending Nov 2007 (67 decisions)72.4% — 12 months ending Dec 2007 (58 decisions)67.3% — 12 months ending Jan 2008 (52 decisions)65.8% — 12 months ending Feb 2008 (38 decisions)64.9% — 12 months ending Mar 2008 (37 decisions)61.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2008 (34 decisions)63.6% — 12 months ending May 2008 (33 decisions)66.7% — 12 months ending Jun 2008 (33 decisions)62.5% — 12 months ending Aug 2008 (32 decisions)65.7% — 12 months ending Sep 2008 (35 decisions)71.4% — 12 months ending Nov 2008 (35 decisions)71.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2008 (31 decisions)71.9% — 12 months ending Jan 2009 (32 decisions)73.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2009 (30 decisions)76.7% — 12 months ending Mar 2009 (30 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 24 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
March 20092Not reported
February 20091Not reported
January 20094Not reported
December 20081Not reported
November 20084Not reported
September 20084Not reported
August 20083Not reported
June 20081Not reported
May 20081Not reported
April 20084Not reported
March 20084Not reported
February 20081Not reported
January 20082Not reported
December 20073Not reported
November 20073Not reported
September 20075Not reported
August 20074Not reported
July 20071Not reported
February 20074Not reported
January 20071Not reported
December 20062Not reported
November 20067Not reported
October 20065Not reported
September 200615Not 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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