32 judges · MA
The Boston, MA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 7.5% across 33,871 decided cases. The court has 32 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shapiro, Leonard I. | 27.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O'Malley, Brenda | 40.2% | 1,298 | 1,929 | 3,227 |
| Gagnon, Paul M. | 46.1% | 70 | 82 | 152 |
| O'Sullivan, Maureen | 78.9% | 1,850 | 494 | 2,344 |
| Sturla, Mario J. | 22.2% | 892 | 3,124 | 4,016 |
| D'Angelo, Matthew J. | 24.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masters, Todd A. | 17.1% | 498 | 2,406 | 2,904 |
| Sheppard, Patricia | 24.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Furlong, John M., JR. | 15.7% | 333 | 1,787 | 2,120 |
| Kahan, Michelle | 13.6% | 349 | 2,208 | 2,557 |
| Cade, Sarah | 33.4% | 732 | 1,462 | 2,194 |
| Day, Steven F. | 9.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cramer, Francis L. | 20.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tregerman, Gwendylan E. | 35.7% | 390 | 703 | 1,093 |
| Donovan, Mark D. | 17.7% | 304 | 1,418 | 1,722 |
| Patel, Roopal | 26.6% | 293 | 810 | 1,103 |
| Gover, Erin | 36.0% | 389 | 691 | 1,080 |
| Joyce, William | 34.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kubica, Hannah | 28.9% | 181 | 445 | 626 |
| Hall, Jonathan | 39.1% | 116 | 181 | 297 |
| Sady, Michael | 25.1% | 157 | 469 | 626 |
| Sanchez, Jose A. | 42.9% | 21 | 28 | 49 |
| Glass, Andrew J. | 14.2% | 56 | 337 | 393 |
| Jalelian, Lincoln S. | 30.5% | 81 | 185 | 266 |
| Rusher, Marna M | 26.2% | 106 | 299 | 405 |
| Mulcahy, Jennifer A | 8.3% | 11 | 121 | 132 |
| Rivera, Tamaira | 27.7% | 39 | 102 | 141 |
| Adler, Steven V. | 68.1% | 94 | 44 | 138 |
| Visiting Judge 12 | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Santen, Sean D. | 36.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 13 | 25.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 20 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 16.1% | 2,156 | 11,222 | 13,378 |
| Guatemala | 48.2% | 2,328 | 2,499 | 4,827 |
| El Salvador | 59.6% | 1,835 | 1,245 | 3,080 |
| Honduras | 40.2% | 759 | 1,130 | 1,889 |
| Ecuador | 37.4% | 623 | 1,042 | 1,665 |
| Colombia | 16.6% | 266 | 1,332 | 1,598 |
| Dominican Republic | 14.0% | 197 | 1,209 | 1,406 |
| Haiti | 16.0% | 158 | 830 | 988 |
| Angola | 59.7% | 333 | 225 | 558 |
| Mexico | 38.1% | 209 | 339 | 548 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 45.1% | 107 | 130 | 237 |
| Peru | 33.8% | 77 | 151 | 228 |
| Venezuela | 29.3% | 65 | 157 | 222 |
| Uganda | 87.4% | 167 | 24 | 191 |
| China | 65.9% | 114 | 59 | 173 |
| Nicaragua | 21.0% | 35 | 132 | 167 |
| Russia | 75.5% | 123 | 40 | 163 |
| India | 35.2% | 56 | 103 | 159 |
| Turkey | 36.3% | 53 | 93 | 146 |
| Congo | 48.2% | 68 | 73 | 141 |
| Chile | 14.0% | 17 | 104 | 121 |
| Jamaica | 26.1% | 31 | 88 | 119 |
| Cape Verde | 39.0% | 46 | 72 | 118 |
| Egypt | 74.4% | 67 | 23 | 90 |
| Nigeria | 64.0% | 55 | 31 | 86 |
| Kenya | 65.1% | 54 | 29 | 83 |
| Ghana | 65.1% | 54 | 29 | 83 |
| Cameroon | 84.4% | 65 | 12 | 77 |
| Indonesia | 84.9% | 62 | 11 | 73 |
| Dominica | 1.4% | 1 | 70 | 71 |
| Nepal | 77.4% | 48 | 14 | 62 |
| Burundi | 84.5% | 49 | 9 | 58 |
| Bolivia | 79.5% | 35 | 9 | 44 |
| United Kingdom | 11.4% | 5 | 39 | 44 |
| Portugal | 29.3% | 12 | 29 | 41 |
| Pakistan | 43.9% | 18 | 23 | 41 |
| Rwanda | 85.0% | 34 | 6 | 40 |
| Belarus | 94.9% | 37 | 2 | 39 |
| Bangladesh | 73.0% | 27 | 10 | 37 |
| Lebanon | 42.9% | 15 | 20 | 35 |
| Unknown Nationality | 41.2% | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| Cambodia | 61.3% | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| Syria | 76.7% | 23 | 7 | 30 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 83.3% | 25 | 5 | 30 |
| Ukraine | 86.2% | 25 | 4 | 29 |
| Iraq | 89.3% | 25 | 3 | 28 |
| Vietnam | 66.7% | 18 | 9 | 27 |
| Romania | 22.2% | 6 | 21 | 27 |
| Liberia | 48.0% | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| Cuba | 34.8% | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| Djibouti | 87.0% | 20 | 3 | 23 |
| Afghanistan | 17.4% | 4 | 19 | 23 |
| Ethiopia | 95.2% | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| Ireland | 0.0% | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Eritrea | 94.4% | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| Azerbaijan | 47.1% | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Jordan | 37.5% | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| Albania | 81.2% | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| Somalia | 53.3% | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Panama | 53.3% | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Canada | 14.3% | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| Morocco | 64.3% | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Guinea | 78.6% | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 38.5% | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Sri Lanka | 7.7% | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 75.0% | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Turkmenistan | 25.0% | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| United Arab Emirates | 45.5% | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Sudan | 81.8% | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| Belize | 18.2% | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Burkina Faso | 63.6% | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Iran | 80.0% | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Thailand | 60.0% | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Argentina | 20.0% | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Spain | 33.3% | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Poland | 62.5% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Senegal | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Sierra Leone | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Zimbabwe | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Costa Rica | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Georgia | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Philippines | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| South Africa | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Gambia | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Mali | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Kosovo | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Armenia | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Mauritania | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Togo | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Algeria | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Guadeloupe | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Serbia Montenegro | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Libya | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| South Korea | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FG | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |