Immigration judge

Straus, Michael W.

Newark 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

52.6%

57 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

63.2%

32 decisions · 12 months ending June 2013

31.6%

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 2012Sep 2012Dec 2012Mar 2013Jun 2013Month each 12-month window ends63.2%48.0% — 12 months ending Jun 2012 (25 decisions)44.4% — 12 months ending Jul 2012 (27 decisions)48.4% — 12 months ending Aug 2012 (31 decisions)50.0% — 12 months ending Sep 2012 (32 decisions)54.8% — 12 months ending Oct 2012 (31 decisions)54.5% — 12 months ending Nov 2012 (33 decisions)50.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2012 (38 decisions)54.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2013 (35 decisions)48.5% — 12 months ending Mar 2013 (33 decisions)57.9% — 12 months ending Apr 2013 (38 decisions)58.5% — 12 months ending May 2013 (41 decisions)63.2% — 12 months ending Jun 2013 (38 decisions)

8 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 20 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
June 20131Not reported
May 20134Not reported
April 20137Not reported
March 20132Not reported
February 20131Not reported
December 20126Not reported
November 20123Not reported
October 20121Not reported
September 20121Not reported
August 20124Not reported
July 20122Not reported
June 20126Not reported
May 20124Not reported
April 20121Not reported
March 20122Not reported
January 20124Not reported
December 20114Not reported
November 20111Not reported
August 20111Not reported
July 20112Not 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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