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Judge-by-Judge Asylum Decisions in Immigration Courts FY 2007-2012 |
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| Immigration Court | Judge | Decisions | % Grants | % Denials |
| Arlington | Malphrus, Garry D. | 263 | 50.2 | 49.8 |
| Snow, Thomas G. | 598 | 66.6 | 33.4 | |
| Iskra, Wayne R. | 668 | 67.1 | 32.9 | |
| Crosland, David W. | 222 | 71.2 | 28.8 | |
| O'Leary, Brian M. | 237 | 72.2 | 27.8 | |
| Burman, Lawrence O. | 437 | 74.1 | 25.9 | |
| Bryant, John Milo | 505 | 80.4 | 19.6 | |
| Schmidt, Paul W. | 493 | 83.8 | 16.2 | |
| Atlanta | Cassidy, William A. | 114 | 7.9 | 92.1 |
| Wilson, Earle B. | 211 | 9 | 91 | |
| Sease, Grace A. | 185 | 14.1 | 85.9 | |
| Pelletier, Jonathan D. | 424 | 14.6 | 85.4 | |
| Houser, Wayne K., Jr. | 299 | 33.4 | 66.6 | |
| Baltimore | Barrett, Bruce M. | 286 | 31.1 | 68.9 |
| DuFresne, Jill H. | 374 | 44.9 | 55.1 | |
| Gossart, John F., Jr. | 742 | 51.5 | 48.5 | |
| Dornell, Lisa | 757 | 53 | 47 | |
| Williams, Phillip T. | 640 | 54.8 | 45.2 | |
| Kessler, Elizabeth A. | 710 | 57.7 | 42.3 | |
| Crosland, David W. | 297 | 64.6 | 35.4 | |
| Bloomington | Nickerson, William J., Jr. | 197 | 14.2 | 85.8 |
| Conley de Castro, Susan E. | 123 | 21.1 | 78.9 | |
| Olmanson, Kristin W. | 505 | 25 | 75 | |
| Dierkes, Joseph R. | 220 | 30 | 70 | |
| Boston | Cramer, Francis L. | 361 | 41 | 59 |
| Shapiro, Leonard I. | 549 | 41 | 59 | |
| Feder, Robin E. | 691 | 42.8 | 57.2 | |
| O'Malley, Brenda M. | 301 | 48.8 | 51.2 | |
| Klein, Eliza C. | 607 | 49.6 | 50.4 | |
| Gagnon, Paul M. | 491 | 52.5 | 47.5 | |
| D'Angelo, Matthew J. | 374 | 56.1 | 43.9 | |
| Buffalo | Reid, John B. | 200 | 12 | 88 |
| Montante, Philip J., Jr | 239 | 16.7 | 83.3 | |
| Charlotte | Pettinato, Barry J. | 225 | 12.9 | 87.1 |
| Couch, V. Stuart | 145 | 28.3 | 71.7 | |
| Holmes-Simmons, Theresa | 223 | 41.7 | 58.3 | |
| Chicago | Vinikoor, Robert D. | 637 | 43 | 57 |
| Cuevas, Carlos | 489 | 50.1 | 49.9 | |
| Zerbe, Craig M. | 564 | 54.1 | 45.9 | |
| Perez-Guzman, Virginia | 172 | 58.1 | 41.9 | |
| Giambastiani, Jennie L. | 400 | 67 | 33 | |
| Bower, Glen L. | 259 | 83.4 | 16.6 | |
| Cleveland | Janas, Thomas | 364 | 18.1 | 81.9 |
| Evans, D. William, Jr. | 683 | 18.6 | 81.4 | |
| Snow, Thomas G. | 190 | 20 | 80 | |
| Romig, Jeffrey L. | 108 | 27.8 | 72.2 | |
| Brown, Alison M. | 256 | 47.7 | 52.3 | |
| Harris, Rodger C. | 168 | 50 | 50 | |
| Bryant, John Milo | 143 | 75.5 | 24.5 | |
| Dallas | Sims, Deitrich H. | 121 | 16.5 | 83.5 |
| Ozmun, Richard R. | 198 | 28.3 | 71.7 | |
| Baird, Michael P. | 122 | 33.6 | 66.4 | |
| Denver | Vandello, James P. | 139 | 7.9 | 92.1 |
| Cordova, David J. | 428 | 35.5 | 64.5 | |
| Livingston, Donn L. | 537 | 38.7 | 61.3 | |
| Detroit | Nettles, Marsha K. | 407 | 29.7 | 70.3 |
| Hacker, Elizabeth A. | 494 | 36 | 64 | |
| Newberry, Robert D. | 550 | 36.9 | 63.1 | |
| El Paso | Roepke, Thomas C. | 161 | 3.7 | 96.3 |
| Abbott, William L. | 186 | 19.9 | 80.1 | |
| Elizabeth | Tadal, Mirlande | 387 | 20.7 | 79.3 |
| Harbeck, Dorothy A. | 389 | 42.7 | 57.3 | |
| Eloy | DeVitto, James Alan | 131 | 6.9 | 93.1 |
| Spencer-Walters, Linda Inez | 113 | 7.1 | 92.9 | |
| Florence | Taylor, Bruce A. | 227 | 9.7 | 90.3 |
| Jefferies, Scott M. | 195 | 13.3 | 86.7 | |
| Guaynabo | Lopez-Defillo, Irma | 109 | 11 | 89 |
| Hagatna | Beamer, Dayna M. | 142 | 58.5 | 41.5 |
| Harlingen | Ayala, David | 162 | 43.2 | 56.8 |
| Hartford | Straus, Michael W. | 709 | 30.2 | 69.8 |
| Verrillo, Philip | 158 | 57 | 43 | |
| Honolulu | Wagner, Clarence M., Jr. | 101 | 38.6 | 61.4 |
| Beamer, Dayna M. | 644 | 69.4 | 30.6 | |
| Houston | Law, Philip S. | 423 | 18.9 | 81.1 |
| Yam, Mimi Schooley | 115 | 19.1 | 80.9 | |
| Brisack, Chris A. | 417 | 19.2 | 80.8 | |
| Zimmer, William K. | 359 | 27 | 73 | |
| Rankin Yates, Clarease Rankin | 285 | 29.8 | 70.2 | |
| Houston - Detained | Rose, Howard | 222 | 0 | 100 |
| Benton, Jimmie L. | 199 | 12.6 | 87.4 | |
| Imperial | Staton, Jack W. | 267 | 18.4 | 81.6 |
| James, Dennis R. | 120 | 33.3 | 66.7 | |
| Kansas City | O'Malley, John R. | 196 | 26.5 | 73.5 |
| Davis, Paula V. | 199 | 36.2 | 63.8 | |
| Lancaster | Vicars, Robert O., Jr. | 127 | 24.4 | 75.6 |
| Burke, David H. | 152 | 25.7 | 74.3 | |
| Laurent, Scott D. | 124 | 29 | 71 | |
| Las Vegas | Romig, Jeffrey L. | 134 | 23.9 | 76.1 |
| Mullins, Ronald L. | 188 | 28.2 | 71.8 | |
| Gastley, Harry L. | 267 | 33.7 | 66.3 | |
| Weiss, Irene | 197 | 62.9 | 37.1 | |
| Los Angeles | Munoz, Lorraine J. | 723 | 12.2 | 87.8 |
| Riley, Kevin W. | 211 | 20.4 | 79.6 | |
| Giattina, Anthony T. | 494 | 20.6 | 79.4 | |
| Bither, Christine A. | 505 | 24.6 | 75.4 | |
| Naselow-Nahas, Tara | 258 | 27.5 | 72.5 | |
| Tabaddor, Afsaneh Ashley | 652 | 32.4 | 67.6 | |
| Latimore, Jan D. | 474 | 32.5 | 67.5 | |
| O'Connor, Lee A. | 191 | 34 | 66 | |
| Walton, Richard D. | 516 | 35.9 | 64.1 | |
| Dunkel-Bradley, Dorothy A. | 573 | 36.1 | 63.9 | |
| Walsh, John F. | 697 | 36.4 | 63.6 | |
| Parchert, Brett M. | 369 | 36.9 | 63.1 | |
| Travieso, Frank M. | 461 | 38 | 62 | |
| Bank, Ira E. | 616 | 38.3 | 61.7 | |
| Ho, Anna | 413 | 38.3 | 61.7 | |
| Rodriguez de Jongh, Lourdes A. | 123 | 39.8 | 60.2 | |
| Rooyani, Rodin | 265 | 40 | 60 | |
| Bronzina, Isabel A. | 289 | 40.1 | 59.9 | |
| Daw, Alison E. | 282 | 40.1 | 59.9 | |
| Little, Monica M. | 211 | 40.8 | 59.2 | |
| Renner, Renee L. | 117 | 41 | 59 | |
| Stancill, Christine E. | 797 | 41.4 | 58.6 | |
| DiMarzio, Philip L. | 223 | 43 | 57 | |
| Bass, Lori R. | 289 | 44.3 | 55.7 | |
| Tsankov, Mimi | 338 | 44.4 | 55.6 | |
| Anderson, David C. | 527 | 44.6 | 55.4 | |
| Peters, Rose C. | 413 | 46.5 | 53.5 | |
| Gembacz, Gilbert T. | 106 | 47.2 | 52.8 | |
| Sitgraves, Darcy D. | 403 | 50.6 | 49.4 | |
| Fong, Thomas Y. K. | 157 | 52.2 | 47.8 | |
| Costa, Philip J. | 176 | 55.1 | 44.9 | |
| Martin, William J., Jr | 155 | 55.5 | 44.5 | |
| Vahid-Tehrani, Gita | 587 | 58.1 | 41.9 | |
| Sholomson, Stephen L. | 438 | 60.5 | 39.5 | |
| Neumeister, David | 139 | 62.6 | 37.4 | |
| Bakke Varzandeh, Joyce A. | 175 | 63.4 | 36.6 | |
| O'Sullivan, Maureen S. | 230 | 67.4 | 32.6 | |
| Los Fresnos | Achtsam, Howard E. | 124 | 25.8 | 74.2 |
| Hunsucker, Keith E. | 151 | 29.8 | 70.2 | |
| Powell, Robert L. | 131 | 35.9 | 64.1 | |
| Memphis | Pazar, Charles E. | 891 | 43.9 | 56.1 |
| Holt, Rebecca L. | 269 | 59.1 | 40.9 | |
| Burman, Lawrence O. | 567 | 64.7 | 35.3 | |
| Miami | Metcalf, Mark H. | 283 | 9.9 | 90.1 |
| Opaciuch, Adam | 452 | 11.5 | 88.5 | |
| Hanson, Mahlon F. | 496 | 12.9 | 87.1 | |
| Wilson, Earle B. | 210 | 14.8 | 85.2 | |
| Lopez-Enriquez, Maria M. | 199 | 15.6 | 84.4 | |
| Holliday, Carey R. | 791 | 16.3 | 83.7 | |
| Marks Lane, Denise A. | 592 | 18.1 | 81.9 | |
| Harris, Rodger C. | 377 | 18.8 | 81.2 | |
| Martinez-Esquivel, Lourdes | 237 | 19 | 81 | |
| Chapa, Teofilo | 397 | 22.9 | 77.1 | |
| Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana | 970 | 23.9 | 76.1 | |
| Sanders, Charles J. | 485 | 24.5 | 75.5 | |
| Bradley, Kevin G. | 338 | 25.1 | 74.9 | |
| Mateo, Rene D. | 143 | 25.2 | 74.8 | |
| Alexander, Scott G. | 665 | 25.7 | 74.3 | |
| Crosland, David W. | 315 | 25.7 | 74.3 | |
| Opaciuch, John | 470 | 26 | 74 | |
| Sukkar, Elisa M. | 355 | 28.2 | 71.8 | |
| McCormack, Nancy R. | 522 | 28.4 | 71.6 | |
| Dowell, J. Daniel | 580 | 30.5 | 69.5 | |
| Solow, Bruce W. | 859 | 33.3 | 66.7 | |
| Horn, Michael C. | 473 | 34.7 | 65.3 | |
| Mander, Stephen E. | 665 | 36.4 | 63.6 | |
| Miranda, Pedro A. | 685 | 38.7 | 61.3 | |
| Miami - Krome | Opaciuch, Adam | 245 | 1.6 | 98.4 |
| Hurewitz, Kenneth S. | 435 | 3 | 97 | |
| Ford, Rex J. | 501 | 6.6 | 93.4 | |
| Slavin, Denise N. | 259 | 13.5 | 86.5 | |
| New Orleans | Stogner, William Wayne | 408 | 31.4 | 68.6 |
| New York | Vomacka, Alan A. | 659 | 33.4 | 66.6 |
| Hom, Sandy K. | 1279 | 39 | 61 | |
| Nelson, Barbara A. | 1291 | 39.8 | 60.2 | |
| Abrams, Steven R. | 640 | 41.4 | 58.6 | |
| Defonzo, Paul A. | 444 | 53.6 | 46.4 | |
| Videla, Gabriel C. | 758 | 55.9 | 44.1 | |
| Cheng, Mary M. | 597 | 63.5 | 36.5 | |
| Christensen, Jesse B. | 528 | 64.4 | 35.6 | |
| Ferris, Noel Anne | 491 | 64.8 | 35.2 | |
| Wright, Virna A. | 350 | 65.7 | 34.3 | |
| Balasquide, Javier E. | 1641 | 70.1 | 29.9 | |
| Chase, Jeffrey S. | 125 | 72 | 28 | |
| Poczter, Aviva L. | 386 | 72 | 28 | |
| Rohan, Patricia A. | 1548 | 74.2 | 25.8 | |
| Weisel, Robert D. | 1358 | 75 | 25 | |
| Burr, Sarah M. | 658 | 77.1 | 22.9 | |
| Zagzoug, Randa | 386 | 77.7 | 22.3 | |
| Chew, George T. | 2086 | 79.1 | 20.9 | |
| Bukszpan, Joanna M. | 1307 | 79.5 | 20.5 | |
| Elstein, Annette S. | 1061 | 79.6 | 20.4 | |
| Schoppert, Douglas B. | 1425 | 79.8 | 20.2 | |
| Morace, Philip L. | 2277 | 80 | 20 | |
| Mulligan, Thomas J. | 1774 | 81.5 | 18.5 | |
| Segal, Alice | 470 | 82.3 | 17.7 | |
| Sichel, Helen J. | 1651 | 82.6 | 17.4 | |
| Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E. | 1741 | 83.6 | 16.4 | |
| Laforest, Brigitte | 1903 | 85.5 | 14.5 | |
| Van Wyke, William Van | 1508 | 86.2 | 13.8 | |
| McManus, Margaret | 1915 | 86.7 | 13.3 | |
| Holmes-Simmons, Theresa | 524 | 87 | 13 | |
| Brennan, Noel A. | 2078 | 90.4 | 9.6 | |
| Lamb, Elizabeth A. | 1504 | 93 | 7 | |
| Loprest, F. James, Jr. | 403 | 93.1 | 6.9 | |
| Bain, Terry A. | 2042 | 94.8 | 5.2 | |
| New York - DET | Vomacka, Alan A. | 189 | 7.9 | 92.1 |
| Page, Alan L. | 144 | 24.3 | 75.7 | |
| Abrams, Steven R. | 170 | 30 | 70 | |
| Newark | Reichenberg, Margaret R. | 435 | 20.7 | 79.3 |
| Roy, Susan Girardo | 170 | 28.2 | 71.8 | |
| Dogin, Henry S. | 373 | 32.4 | 67.6 | |
| Pugliese, Eugene | 447 | 34.9 | 65.1 | |
| Leeds, Frederic G. | 491 | 49.3 | 50.7 | |
| Garcy, Annie S. | 707 | 55.2 | 44.8 | |
| Riefkohl, Alberto J. | 660 | 59.2 | 40.8 | |
| Khan, Amiena | 114 | 78.1 | 21.9 | |
| Omaha | Morris, Daniel A. | 294 | 11.6 | 88.4 |
| Anderson, Jack L. | 304 | 20.4 | 79.6 | |
| Fujimoto, James R. | 552 | 21.2 | 78.8 | |
| Orlando | Wilson, Earle B. | 956 | 19.5 | 80.5 |
| Grim, James | 520 | 24.4 | 75.6 | |
| Lippman, Daniel | 660 | 25.6 | 74.4 | |
| Chapman, Kevin J. | 791 | 26.8 | 73.2 | |
| Josephson, Kenneth | 126 | 32.5 | 67.5 | |
| Karden, Stuart F. | 142 | 43 | 57 | |
| Ortiz-Segura, Rafael B. | 1298 | 48.3 | 51.7 | |
| Ghartey, Victoria L. | 1327 | 54 | 46 | |
| Padgett, Gail B. | 127 | 74.8 | 25.2 | |
| Philadelphia | Malloy, Rosalind K. | 534 | 43.3 | 56.7 |
| Mills, Miriam K. | 452 | 53.1 | 46.9 | |
| Honeyman, Charles M. | 386 | 67.1 | 32.9 | |
| Phoenix | Hollis, Wendell A. | 248 | 29.8 | 70.2 |
| Freerks, LaMonte S. | 317 | 61.5 | 38.5 | |
| Richardson, John W. | 180 | 76.1 | 23.9 | |
| Portland | Sloan, Andrea H. | 105 | 38.1 | 61.9 |
| Bennett, Michael H. | 519 | 39.7 | 60.3 | |
| San Antonio | Burkholder, Gary D. | 304 | 11.8 | 88.2 |
| Conley de Castro, Susan E. | 161 | 29.8 | 70.2 | |
| McPhaul, Glenn P. | 251 | 44.6 | 55.4 | |
| Carte, John D. | 181 | 55.8 | 44.2 | |
| Zuniga, Bertha A. | 350 | 60.9 | 39.1 | |
| Burkhart, Margaret D. | 103 | 67 | 33 | |
| San Diego | Ipema, Henry P., Jr. | 200 | 48.5 | 51.5 |
| Bartolomei, Richard J., Jr | 201 | 56.2 | 43.8 | |
| Bagley, Kenneth A. | 171 | 62.6 | 37.4 | |
| Renner, Renee L. | 342 | 64.6 | 35.4 | |
| Atenaide, Anthony M. | 291 | 64.6 | 35.4 | |
| Fernandez, Ignacio P. | 319 | 65.5 | 34.5 | |
| DePaolo, Zsa Zsa | 394 | 67.3 | 32.7 | |
| Williams, John C. | 164 | 75 | 25 | |
| San Francisco | Murry, Anthony S. | 341 | 6.7 | 93.3 |
| Yamaguchi, Michael J. | 238 | 15.1 | 84.9 | |
| Simpson, Brian H. | 123 | 22 | 78 | |
| Stockton, Bette Kane | 499 | 31.9 | 68.1 | |
| Yeargin, Robert | 545 | 39.8 | 60.2 | |
| Proctor, George W. | 132 | 47.7 | 52.3 | |
| DiCostanzo, Lawrence N. | 408 | 48 | 52 | |
| Teeter, Marilyn J. | 527 | 48.2 | 51.8 | |
| Phillips, Beverley M. | 122 | 48.4 | 51.6 | |
| Griswold, Stephen S. | 313 | 49.8 | 50.2 | |
| Webber, Polly A. | 706 | 49.9 | 50.1 | |
| Hayward, Miriam R. | 498 | 50 | 50 | |
| Tue, Phan-Quang | 521 | 50.3 | 49.7 | |
| Maggard, Robert P. | 269 | 55.4 | 44.6 | |
| Hoogasian, Amy C. | 106 | 58.5 | 41.5 | |
| King, Carol A. | 485 | 59 | 41 | |
| Daw, Alison E. | 123 | 60.2 | 39.8 | |
| Lyons, Joren | 163 | 62 | 38 | |
| Marks, Dana Leigh | 614 | 62.1 | 37.9 | |
| Geisse, Loreto S. | 536 | 63.8 | 36.2 | |
| Ramirez, Laura L. | 588 | 67.2 | 32.8 | |
| Seattle | Kandler, Edward R. | 931 | 37.6 | 62.4 |
| Defonzo, Paul A. | 331 | 40.8 | 59.2 | |
| Josephson, Kenneth | 1858 | 41.2 | 58.8 | |
| Tacoma | Fitting, Tammy L. | 248 | 19 | 81 |
| Scala, Theresa M. | 145 | 33.8 | 66.2 | |
| Allred, Keith J. | 102 | 48 | 52 | |
| West Valley | Nixon, William L. | 215 | 35.8 | 64.2 |
| Pead, Dustin B. | 153 | 40.5 | 59.5 | |
| York | Arthur, Andrew R. | 214 | 9.8 | 90.2 |
| Durling, Walter A. | 222 | 25.2 | 74.8 | |