Immigration judge

Sheppard, Patricia

Boston 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

51.1%

988 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

70.2%

104 decisions · 12 months ending March 2006

50.4%

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%Mar 2003Oct 2003May 2004Dec 2004Jul 2005Mar 2006Month each 12-month window ends70.2%56.5% — 12 months ending Mar 2003 (147 decisions)56.2% — 12 months ending Apr 2003 (160 decisions)53.2% — 12 months ending May 2003 (156 decisions)53.5% — 12 months ending Jun 2003 (155 decisions)50.9% — 12 months ending Jul 2003 (169 decisions)50.6% — 12 months ending Aug 2003 (158 decisions)48.1% — 12 months ending Sep 2003 (162 decisions)52.3% — 12 months ending Oct 2003 (153 decisions)52.4% — 12 months ending Nov 2003 (164 decisions)57.4% — 12 months ending Dec 2003 (169 decisions)56.5% — 12 months ending Jan 2004 (170 decisions)57.7% — 12 months ending Feb 2004 (163 decisions)54.8% — 12 months ending Mar 2004 (166 decisions)53.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2004 (158 decisions)56.4% — 12 months ending May 2004 (149 decisions)54.8% — 12 months ending Jun 2004 (146 decisions)57.9% — 12 months ending Jul 2004 (133 decisions)57.4% — 12 months ending Aug 2004 (129 decisions)59.7% — 12 months ending Sep 2004 (119 decisions)60.2% — 12 months ending Oct 2004 (113 decisions)61.2% — 12 months ending Nov 2004 (98 decisions)60.8% — 12 months ending Dec 2004 (97 decisions)60.6% — 12 months ending Feb 2005 (94 decisions)57.7% — 12 months ending Mar 2005 (97 decisions)56.0% — 12 months ending Apr 2005 (91 decisions)58.8% — 12 months ending May 2005 (85 decisions)57.8% — 12 months ending Jun 2005 (83 decisions)59.3% — 12 months ending Jul 2005 (86 decisions)60.0% — 12 months ending Aug 2005 (85 decisions)59.8% — 12 months ending Sep 2005 (87 decisions)63.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2005 (102 decisions)63.2% — 12 months ending Nov 2005 (106 decisions)67.2% — 12 months ending Dec 2005 (119 decisions)63.2% — 12 months ending Jan 2006 (106 decisions)67.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2006 (113 decisions)70.2% — 12 months ending Mar 2006 (104 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
March 20061Not reported
February 200614Not reported
January 20062Not reported
December 200518Not reported
November 20058Not reported
October 200520Not reported
September 20056Not reported
August 20055Not reported
July 200511Not reported
June 20055Not reported
May 20057Not reported
April 20057Not reported
March 200510Not reported
February 20057Not reported
December 200415Not reported
November 20045Not reported
October 20044Not reported
September 20045Not reported
August 20044Not reported
July 20046Not reported
June 20048Not reported
May 20047Not reported
April 200413Not reported
March 200413Not 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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