Immigration judge

Schmidt, Paul W.

Arlington 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

69.6%

1,846 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

72.4%

192 decisions · 12 months ending June 2016

51.3%

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 2013Jan 2014Aug 2014Mar 2015Oct 2015Jun 2016Month each 12-month window ends72.4%80.3% — 12 months ending Jun 2013 (132 decisions)79.1% — 12 months ending Jul 2013 (134 decisions)78.6% — 12 months ending Aug 2013 (131 decisions)76.7% — 12 months ending Sep 2013 (133 decisions)78.6% — 12 months ending Oct 2013 (126 decisions)77.7% — 12 months ending Nov 2013 (121 decisions)77.8% — 12 months ending Dec 2013 (117 decisions)75.4% — 12 months ending Jan 2014 (118 decisions)74.2% — 12 months ending Feb 2014 (120 decisions)71.6% — 12 months ending Mar 2014 (109 decisions)69.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2014 (106 decisions)69.8% — 12 months ending May 2014 (106 decisions)69.1% — 12 months ending Jun 2014 (97 decisions)69.2% — 12 months ending Jul 2014 (91 decisions)69.0% — 12 months ending Aug 2014 (87 decisions)72.0% — 12 months ending Sep 2014 (82 decisions)71.6% — 12 months ending Oct 2014 (88 decisions)70.9% — 12 months ending Nov 2014 (86 decisions)67.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2014 (94 decisions)67.0% — 12 months ending Jan 2015 (94 decisions)67.8% — 12 months ending Feb 2015 (90 decisions)67.8% — 12 months ending Mar 2015 (90 decisions)65.9% — 12 months ending May 2015 (85 decisions)65.1% — 12 months ending Jun 2015 (83 decisions)71.1% — 12 months ending Jul 2015 (90 decisions)72.2% — 12 months ending Aug 2015 (90 decisions)69.1% — 12 months ending Sep 2015 (94 decisions)72.1% — 12 months ending Oct 2015 (111 decisions)74.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2015 (119 decisions)75.4% — 12 months ending Dec 2015 (118 decisions)78.6% — 12 months ending Jan 2016 (117 decisions)81.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2016 (121 decisions)74.2% — 12 months ending Mar 2016 (147 decisions)72.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2016 (158 decisions)73.4% — 12 months ending May 2016 (177 decisions)72.4% — 12 months ending Jun 2016 (192 decisions)

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
June 201622Not reported
May 20162568.0%
April 201617Not reported
March 20163046.7%
February 201611Not reported
January 201612Not reported
December 201510Not reported
November 201520Not reported
October 201522Not reported
September 20157Not reported
August 20153Not reported
July 201513Not reported
June 20157Not reported
May 20156Not reported
March 20156Not reported
February 20154Not reported
January 20157Not reported
December 201413Not reported
November 201411Not reported
October 201412Not reported
September 20145Not reported
August 20143Not reported
July 20143Not reported
June 20146Not 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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