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Judge-by-Judge Asylum Decisions in Immigration Courts FY 2009-2014 |
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| Immigration Court | Judge | Decisions | % Grants | % Denials |
| Adelanto | Lee, Amy T. | 120 | 7.5 | 92.5 |
| Burke, David H. | 197 | 24.4 | 75.6 | |
| Laurent, Scott D. | 147 | 27.2 | 72.8 | |
| Arlington | Harris, Rodger C. | 131 | 14.5 | 85.5 |
| Crosland, David W. | 212 | 73.1 | 26.9 | |
| Iskra, Wayne R. | 729 | 73.5 | 26.5 | |
| Burman, Lawrence O. | 654 | 74 | 26 | |
| Snow, Thomas G. | 825 | 75.6 | 24.4 | |
| O'Leary, Brian M. | 103 | 76.7 | 23.3 | |
| Bryant, John Milo | 538 | 81.4 | 18.6 | |
| Schmidt, Paul W. | 446 | 83.2 | 16.8 | |
| Atlanta | Wilson, Earle B. | 335 | 6.3 | 93.7 |
| Cassidy, William A. | 113 | 10.6 | 89.4 | |
| Garcia, Madeline | 128 | 13.3 | 86.7 | |
| Pelletier, Jonathan D. | 279 | 19.7 | 80.3 | |
| Houser, Wayne K., Jr. | 218 | 37.6 | 62.4 | |
| Baltimore | DuFresne, Jill H. | 114 | 49.1 | 50.9 |
| Williams, Phillip T. | 827 | 51.8 | 48.2 | |
| Gossart, John F., Jr. | 614 | 56 | 44 | |
| Crosland, David W. | 574 | 58.2 | 41.8 | |
| Dornell, Lisa | 616 | 59.9 | 40.1 | |
| Kessler, Elizabeth A. | 609 | 60.1 | 39.9 | |
| Bloomington | Nickerson, William J., Jr. | 279 | 10 | 90 |
| Conley de Castro, Susan E. | 193 | 24.4 | 75.6 | |
| Olmanson, Kristin W. | 399 | 25.1 | 74.9 | |
| Boston | Cramer, Francis L. | 184 | 42.4 | 57.6 |
| Harris, Rodger C. | 144 | 43.1 | 56.9 | |
| Feder, Robin E. | 565 | 46.9 | 53.1 | |
| Shapiro, Leonard I. | 358 | 48.9 | 51.1 | |
| O'Malley, Brenda M. | 457 | 49.2 | 50.8 | |
| Klein, Eliza C. | 340 | 50.9 | 49.1 | |
| Gagnon, Paul M. | 353 | 57.8 | 42.2 | |
| D'Angelo, Matthew J. | 358 | 67.3 | 32.7 | |
| Buffalo | Connelly, Steven J. | 109 | 10.1 | 89.9 |
| Reid, John B. | 171 | 15.8 | 84.2 | |
| Montante, Philip J., Jr | 251 | 21.5 | 78.5 | |
| Charlotte | Pettinato, Barry J. | 315 | 12.7 | 87.3 |
| Couch, V. Stuart | 218 | 23.9 | 76.1 | |
| Holmes-Simmons, Theresa | 294 | 38.4 | 61.6 | |
| Chicago | DiMarzio, Philip L. | 149 | 4 | 96 |
| Vinikoor, Robert D. | 588 | 45.1 | 54.9 | |
| Zerbe, Craig M. | 483 | 47.6 | 52.4 | |
| Cuevas, Carlos | 375 | 53.1 | 46.9 | |
| Perez-Guzman, Virginia | 244 | 58.2 | 41.8 | |
| McNulty, Sheila | 184 | 58.7 | 41.3 | |
| Giambastiani, Jennie L. | 322 | 64.6 | 35.4 | |
| Bower, Glen L. | 105 | 82.9 | 17.1 | |
| Cleveland | Evans, D. William, Jr. | 594 | 12.6 | 87.4 |
| Janas, Thomas | 475 | 18.7 | 81.3 | |
| Brown, Alison M. | 392 | 40.1 | 59.9 | |
| Harris, Rodger C. | 167 | 50.3 | 49.7 | |
| Dallas | Sims, Deitrich H. | 169 | 9.5 | 90.5 |
| Kimball, R. Wayne | 156 | 34 | 66 | |
| Ozmun, Richard R. | 220 | 34.5 | 65.5 | |
| Baird, Michael P. | 218 | 39.4 | 60.6 | |
| Denver | Vandello, James P. | 159 | 2.5 | 97.5 |
| Tsankov, Mimi | 148 | 33.8 | 66.2 | |
| Livingston, Donn L. | 451 | 35.9 | 64.1 | |
| Cordova, David J. | 301 | 42.5 | 57.5 | |
| Detroit | Newberry, Robert D. | 491 | 27.7 | 72.3 |
| Nettles, Marsha K. | 280 | 30.4 | 69.6 | |
| Hacker, Elizabeth A. | 257 | 32.7 | 67.3 | |
| Paruch, David H. | 193 | 36.3 | 63.7 | |
| El Paso | Roepke, Thomas C. | 196 | 1 | 99 |
| Ruhle, Stephen M. | 148 | 4.1 | 95.9 | |
| Abbott, William L. | 272 | 7.7 | 92.3 | |
| Elizabeth | Tadal, Mirlande | 356 | 20.2 | 79.8 |
| Harbeck, Dorothy A. | 318 | 44.3 | 55.7 | |
| Eloy | Feldman, Irene C. | 151 | 4 | 96 |
| Phelps, Richard A. | 154 | 4.5 | 95.5 | |
| DeVitto, James Alan | 173 | 5.2 | 94.8 | |
| Spencer-Walters, Linda Inez | 192 | 5.7 | 94.3 | |
| Florence | Taylor, Bruce A. | 251 | 7.6 | 92.4 |
| Jefferies, Scott M. | 150 | 14 | 86 | |
| Hagatna | Beamer, Dayna M. | 152 | 52 | 48 |
| Harlingen | Ayala, David | 234 | 41.5 | 58.5 |
| Tovar, Eleazar | 124 | 47.6 | 52.4 | |
| Hartford | Straus, Michael W. | 566 | 28.3 | 71.7 |
| Verrillo, Philip | 247 | 53.8 | 46.2 | |
| Honolulu | Wagner, Clarence M., Jr. | 171 | 50.9 | 49.1 |
| Beamer, Dayna M. | 468 | 63 | 37 | |
| Houston | Luis, Lisa | 111 | 12.6 | 87.4 |
| Walton, Richard D. | 123 | 23.6 | 76.4 | |
| Zimmer, William K. | 204 | 28.4 | 71.6 | |
| Law, Philip S. | 188 | 28.7 | 71.3 | |
| Brisack, Chris A. | 275 | 31.3 | 68.7 | |
| Rankin Yates, Clarease Rankin | 217 | 42.4 | 57.6 | |
| Houston - Detained | Rose, Howard | 183 | 0 | 100 |
| Greenstein, Saul | 117 | 4.3 | 95.7 | |
| Benton, Jimmie L. | 171 | 11.7 | 88.3 | |
| Imperial | Staton, Jack W. | 305 | 14.1 | 85.9 |
| Kansas City | O'Malley, John R. | 297 | 28.3 | 71.7 |
| Davis, Paula V. | 298 | 33.6 | 66.4 | |
| Las Vegas | Romig, Jeffrey L. | 308 | 15.6 | 84.4 |
| Mullins, Ronald L. | 196 | 25.5 | 74.5 | |
| Gastley, Harry L. | 167 | 38.3 | 61.7 | |
| Los Angeles | Ruane, Rachel A. | 103 | 5.8 | 94.2 |
| Munoz, Lorraine J. | 643 | 6.2 | 93.8 | |
| Riley, Kevin W. | 444 | 12.6 | 87.4 | |
| Giattina, Anthony T. | 438 | 25.3 | 74.7 | |
| Naselow-Nahas, Tara | 480 | 25.6 | 74.4 | |
| Bither, Christine A. | 406 | 28.3 | 71.7 | |
| Walsh, John F. | 583 | 28.8 | 71.2 | |
| O'Connor, Lee A. | 330 | 30.9 | 69.1 | |
| Walton, Richard D. | 309 | 31.4 | 68.6 | |
| Latimore, Jan D. | 441 | 31.7 | 68.3 | |
| Tabaddor, Afsaneh Ashley | 663 | 32.4 | 67.6 | |
| Anderson, David C. | 441 | 34.9 | 65.1 | |
| Parchert, Brett M. | 622 | 36 | 64 | |
| Rooyani, Rodin | 386 | 36.3 | 63.7 | |
| Dunkel-Bradley, Dorothy A. | 455 | 38.5 | 61.5 | |
| Travieso, Frank M. | 519 | 38.7 | 61.3 | |
| Tsankov, Mimi | 199 | 39.2 | 60.8 | |
| Rodriguez de Jongh, Lourdes A. | 121 | 39.7 | 60.3 | |
| Stancill, Christine E. | 806 | 40.9 | 59.1 | |
| Bank, Ira E. | 509 | 41.3 | 58.7 | |
| Ho, Anna | 292 | 41.4 | 58.6 | |
| Peters, Rose C. | 357 | 43.7 | 56.3 | |
| Daw, Alison E. | 132 | 43.9 | 56.1 | |
| Little, Monica M. | 394 | 43.9 | 56.1 | |
| DiMarzio, Philip L. | 191 | 44 | 56 | |
| Dorfman, Arlene E. | 209 | 44.5 | 55.5 | |
| Bronzina, Isabel A. | 175 | 44.6 | 55.4 | |
| Bass, Lori R. | 304 | 50 | 50 | |
| Sitgraves, Darcy D. | 492 | 51.6 | 48.4 | |
| Costa, Philip J. | 339 | 52.5 | 47.5 | |
| Coughlon, Robert E. | 167 | 55.7 | 44.3 | |
| Fong, Thomas Y. K. | 117 | 60.7 | 39.3 | |
| Vahid-Tehrani, Gita | 589 | 61.6 | 38.4 | |
| O'Sullivan, Maureen S. | 409 | 62.6 | 37.4 | |
| Neumeister, David | 252 | 67.5 | 32.5 | |
| Bakke Varzandeh, Joyce A. | 287 | 72.5 | 27.5 | |
| Sholomson, Stephen L. | 272 | 76.1 | 23.9 | |
| Los Fresnos | Hunsucker, Keith E. | 371 | 26.7 | 73.3 |
| Achtsam, Howard E. | 144 | 31.2 | 68.8 | |
| Powell, Robert L. | 329 | 35.3 | 64.7 | |
| Peterson, William C. | 100 | 37 | 63 | |
| Memphis | Pazar, Charles E. | 741 | 44.3 | 55.7 |
| Holt, Rebecca L. | 426 | 56.1 | 43.9 | |
| Burman, Lawrence O. | 243 | 66.7 | 33.3 | |
| Miami | Hanson, Mahlon F. | 159 | 14.5 | 85.5 |
| Opaciuch, Adam | 108 | 19.4 | 80.6 | |
| Lopez-Enriquez, Maria M. | 316 | 19.6 | 80.4 | |
| Chapa, Teofilo | 240 | 23.3 | 76.7 | |
| Martinez-Esquivel, Lourdes | 341 | 23.8 | 76.2 | |
| Mateo, Rene D. | 176 | 25 | 75 | |
| Marks Lane, Denise A. | 335 | 26.6 | 73.4 | |
| Sanders, Charles J. | 232 | 29.3 | 70.7 | |
| Opaciuch, John | 204 | 30.9 | 69.1 | |
| Alexander, Scott G. | 309 | 31.7 | 68.3 | |
| Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana | 567 | 32.6 | 67.4 | |
| McCormack, Nancy R. | 205 | 34.6 | 65.4 | |
| Bradley, Kevin G. | 117 | 35 | 65 | |
| Dowell, J. Daniel | 354 | 35 | 65 | |
| Mart, Herbert Kevin | 234 | 37.6 | 62.4 | |
| Horn, Michael C. | 196 | 38.8 | 61.2 | |
| Solow, Bruce W. | 365 | 39.7 | 60.3 | |
| Mander, Stephen E. | 335 | 41.5 | 58.5 | |
| Miranda, Pedro A. | 261 | 55.6 | 44.4 | |
| Miami - Krome | Opaciuch, John | 200 | 0.5 | 99.5 |
| Opaciuch, Adam | 329 | 1.5 | 98.5 | |
| Hurewitz, Kenneth S. | 305 | 2.3 | 97.7 | |
| Slavin, Denise N. | 219 | 7.8 | 92.2 | |
| Ford, Rex J. | 291 | 7.9 | 92.1 | |
| New Orleans | Stogner, William Wayne | 297 | 38.4 | 61.6 |
| New York | Vomacka, Alan A. | 892 | 37.9 | 62.1 |
| Nelson, Barbara A. | 1231 | 42.8 | 57.2 | |
| Abrams, Steven R. | 169 | 43.2 | 56.8 | |
| Hom, Sandy K. | 1164 | 43.9 | 56.1 | |
| Videla, Gabriel C. | 514 | 52.7 | 47.3 | |
| Christensen, Jesse B. | 968 | 64.4 | 35.6 | |
| Poczter, Aviva L. | 905 | 67.1 | 32.9 | |
| Cheng, Mary M. | 938 | 67.2 | 32.8 | |
| Ferris, Noel Anne | 212 | 67.5 | 32.5 | |
| Balasquide, Javier E. | 1606 | 73.4 | 26.6 | |
| Wright, Virna A. | 729 | 76.1 | 23.9 | |
| Elstein, Annette S. | 588 | 77.9 | 22.1 | |
| Burr, Sarah M. | 482 | 78 | 22 | |
| Rohan, Patricia A. | 1558 | 79.2 | 20.8 | |
| Weisel, Robert D. | 989 | 80.8 | 19.2 | |
| Zagzoug, Randa | 750 | 80.8 | 19.2 | |
| Segal, Alice | 886 | 81 | 19 | |
| Van Wyke, William Van | 1309 | 82.9 | 17.1 | |
| Schoppert, Douglas B. | 1490 | 84.6 | 15.4 | |
| Chew, George T. | 1860 | 84.9 | 15.1 | |
| Sichel, Helen J. | 1633 | 84.9 | 15.1 | |
| Morace, Philip L. | 2322 | 85.9 | 14.1 | |
| Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E. | 1546 | 86.2 | 13.8 | |
| Laforest, Brigitte | 1807 | 86.5 | 13.5 | |
| Mulligan, Thomas J. | 1426 | 86.5 | 13.5 | |
| Loprest, F. James, Jr. | 807 | 88.4 | 11.6 | |
| McManus, Margaret | 1831 | 89.1 | 10.9 | |
| Bukszpan, Joanna M. | 1039 | 91 | 9 | |
| Brennan, Noel A. | 2029 | 91.7 | 8.3 | |
| Bain, Terry A. | 1775 | 93.9 | 6.1 | |
| Lamb, Elizabeth A. | 1346 | 96.1 | 3.9 | |
| New York - DET | Page, Alan L. | 100 | 22 | 78 |
| Abrams, Steven R. | 174 | 29.3 | 70.7 | |
| Newark | Finston, Leo A. | 124 | 8.1 | 91.9 |
| Reichenberg, Margaret R. | 359 | 10.6 | 89.4 | |
| Roy, Susan Girardo | 128 | 31.2 | 68.8 | |
| Pugliese, Eugene | 230 | 31.3 | 68.7 | |
| Garcy, Annie S. | 521 | 60.8 | 39.2 | |
| Leeds, Frederic G. | 357 | 66.9 | 33.1 | |
| Riefkohl, Alberto J. | 527 | 71 | 29 | |
| Khan, Amiena | 199 | 79.9 | 20.1 | |
| Omaha | Morris, Daniel A. | 442 | 10.6 | 89.4 |
| Anderson, Jack L. | 423 | 18.7 | 81.3 | |
| Fujimoto, James R. | 359 | 21.4 | 78.6 | |
| Orlando | Wilson, Earle B. | 461 | 19.3 | 80.7 |
| Grim, James | 676 | 21.9 | 78.1 | |
| Lippman, Daniel | 743 | 27.1 | 72.9 | |
| Chapman, Kevin J. | 849 | 32.4 | 67.6 | |
| Karden, Stuart F. | 282 | 39 | 61 | |
| Ortiz-Segura, Rafael B. | 650 | 45.5 | 54.5 | |
| Ghartey, Victoria L. | 755 | 47.3 | 52.7 | |
| Philadelphia | Morley, Steven A. | 188 | 45.2 | 54.8 |
| Malloy, Rosalind K. | 351 | 55.6 | 44.4 | |
| Mills, Miriam K. | 382 | 59.2 | 40.8 | |
| Honeyman, Charles M. | 322 | 71.7 | 28.3 | |
| Phoenix | Hollis, Wendell A. | 167 | 34.1 | 65.9 |
| Freerks, LaMonte S. | 157 | 43.9 | 56.1 | |
| Richardson, John W. | 136 | 78.7 | 21.3 | |
| Portland | Sloan, Andrea H. | 217 | 38.7 | 61.3 |
| Bennett, Michael H. | 449 | 47.9 | 52.1 | |
| San Antonio | Burkholder, Gary D. | 287 | 8.4 | 91.6 |
| Crossan, Thomas G., Jr. | 113 | 12.4 | 87.6 | |
| Martinez, Anibal D. | 229 | 37.1 | 62.9 | |
| McPhaul, Glenn P. | 233 | 41.2 | 58.8 | |
| Carte, John D. | 141 | 53.2 | 46.8 | |
| Zuniga, Bertha A. | 417 | 56.6 | 43.4 | |
| Burkhart, Margaret D. | 136 | 67.6 | 32.4 | |
| San Diego | Clemente, Jesus | 147 | 9.5 | 90.5 |
| McSeveney, Robert | 158 | 18.4 | 81.6 | |
| Ipema, Henry P., Jr. | 195 | 49.2 | 50.8 | |
| Bartolomei, Richard J., Jr | 149 | 51.7 | 48.3 | |
| Fernandez, Ignacio P. | 288 | 53.8 | 46.2 | |
| DePaolo, Zsa Zsa | 357 | 61.1 | 38.9 | |
| Renner, Renee L. | 355 | 62.8 | 37.2 | |
| Atenaide, Anthony M. | 150 | 68 | 32 | |
| San Francisco | Murry, Anthony S. | 410 | 2.7 | 97.3 |
| Yamaguchi, Michael J. | 244 | 6.6 | 93.4 | |
| Stockton, Bette Kane | 239 | 38.5 | 61.5 | |
| DiCostanzo, Lawrence N. | 198 | 43.9 | 56.1 | |
| Yeargin, Robert | 382 | 47.6 | 52.4 | |
| Tue, Phan-Quang | 370 | 48.9 | 51.1 | |
| Hayward, Miriam R. | 305 | 54.4 | 45.6 | |
| Teeter, Marilyn J. | 372 | 54.6 | 45.4 | |
| Webber, Polly A. | 617 | 56.6 | 43.4 | |
| Daw, Alison E. | 179 | 57.5 | 42.5 | |
| Griswold, Stephen S. | 477 | 57.9 | 42.1 | |
| Maggard, Robert P. | 328 | 58.2 | 41.8 | |
| King, Carol A. | 392 | 62.8 | 37.2 | |
| Lyons, Joren | 334 | 67.1 | 32.9 | |
| Geisse, Loreto S. | 555 | 68.3 | 31.7 | |
| Marks, Dana Leigh | 448 | 70.1 | 29.9 | |
| Hoogasian, Amy C. | 219 | 70.3 | 29.7 | |
| Ramirez, Laura L. | 462 | 75.3 | 24.7 | |
| Seattle | Kandler, Edward R. | 682 | 40 | 60 |
| Josephson, Kenneth | 1544 | 42.4 | 57.6 | |
| Defonzo, Paul A. | 526 | 42.8 | 57.2 | |
| Tacoma | Fitting, Tammy L. | 359 | 16.7 | 83.3 |
| Scala, Theresa M. | 249 | 30.5 | 69.5 | |
| Allred, Keith J. | 102 | 48 | 52 | |
| Tucson | Keenan, Sean H. | 117 | 47 | 53 |
| O'Leary, Thomas Michael | 107 | 57 | 43 | |
| West Valley | Nixon, William L. | 123 | 23.6 | 76.4 |
| Pead, Dustin B. | 143 | 42 | 58 | |
| York | Arthur, Andrew R. | 191 | 7.9 | 92.1 |
| Durling, Walter A. | 163 | 16 | 84 | |