Immigration court
Boston, MA Immigration Court
33 judges · MA
EOIR data through Sep 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 35,417
- Granted
- 93,710
- Denied
- 33
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Boston, MA, 32 judges range from 0.6% to 65.5%.
Each judge's all-time EOIR decided outcomes across every court they have served in: granted ÷ (granted + denied). Judges now based at this court with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.
The 2026-09-01 snapshot shows a 27.4% historical asylum grant rate for Boston, MA Immigration Court, based on 35,417 grants and 93,710 denials (129,127 decided outcomes).
The Boston, MA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 27.4% across 129,127 decided cases. The court has 33 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
How to Interpret This Court's Data
The Boston, MA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 27.4% in the current AsylumTracker dataset. Court-level statistics aggregate judges and cases assigned to that court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Shapiro, Leonard I. (20,288 total cases), O'Malley, Brenda (13,727 total cases), and Gagnon, Paul M. (13,693 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Brazil (15,743 decided, 14.2% grant rate), Guatemala (5,738 decided, 43.7% grant rate), and El Salvador (3,598 decided, 54.5% grant rate).
Asylum grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Procedural outcomes are separated so users can distinguish merits decisions from docket-management outcomes.
This page uses public EOIR records last updated 2026-09-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
Read how EOIR data works or learn how to compare asylum approval rates.
Areas Served by This Court
Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Boston, MA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 286 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
MA — Boston, Cambridge, Fall River, New Bedford, Dorchester, Quincy, Somerville, Waltham, Arlington, Bridgewater, Brockton, Brookline, Buzzards Bay, Lexington, Nantucket and 229 more cities
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shapiro, Leonard I. | 27.4% | 4,095 | 10,846 | 14,941 |
| O'Malley, Brenda | 38.1% | 3,400 | 5,522 | 8,922 |
| Gagnon, Paul M. | 28.0% | 2,899 | 7,449 | 10,348 |
| D'Angelo, Matthew J. | 24.2% | 1,923 | 6,039 | 7,962 |
| O'Sullivan, Maureen | 65.5% | 3,928 | 2,071 | 5,999 |
| Sturla, Mario J. | 17.1% | 1,249 | 6,052 | 7,301 |
| Sheppard, Patricia | 24.8% | 1,844 | 5,583 | 7,427 |
| Masters, Todd A. | 14.5% | 672 | 3,960 | 4,632 |
| Furlong, John M., JR. | 13.0% | 428 | 2,867 | 3,295 |
| Kahan, Michelle | 10.0% | 376 | 3,367 | 3,743 |
| Cramer, Francis L. | 20.0% | 810 | 3,249 | 4,059 |
| Cade, Sarah | 32.4% | 742 | 1,548 | 2,290 |
| Day, Steven F. | 9.1% | 311 | 3,123 | 3,434 |
| Tregerman, Gwendylan E. | 21.5% | 593 | 2,163 | 2,756 |
| Joyce, William | 34.7% | 895 | 1,682 | 2,577 |
| Donovan, Mark D. | 17.6% | 310 | 1,454 | 1,764 |
| Kubica, Hannah | 29.7% | 196 | 465 | 661 |
| Gover, Erin | 32.8% | 435 | 893 | 1,328 |
| Patel, Roopal | 25.0% | 322 | 964 | 1,286 |
| Sady, Michael | 25.4% | 163 | 478 | 641 |
| Sanchez, Jose A. | 15.3% | 90 | 498 | 588 |
| Jalelian, Lincoln S. | 29.6% | 162 | 386 | 548 |
| Glass, Andrew J. | 16.1% | 66 | 345 | 411 |
| Rusher, Marna M | 27.2% | 122 | 326 | 448 |
| Mulcahy, Jennifer A | 11.4% | 40 | 312 | 352 |
| Roe, Adrian N. | 43.5% | 145 | 188 | 333 |
| Gillespie, Taylor | 0.6% | 1 | 180 | 181 |
| Karram, Omar Z. | 1.0% | 2 | 202 | 204 |
| Rivera, Tamaira | 36.3% | 61 | 107 | 168 |
| Walter, Patricia W. | 2.2% | 4 | 175 | 179 |
| Santen, Sean D. | 36.9% | 45 | 77 | 122 |
| Jaysura, Tanzania | 0.9% | 1 | 116 | 117 |
| Jergovic, Nicole | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Visiting Judge 12, Visiting Judge 13, Visiting Judge 20. They are excluded from the rate table above.
Approval Rate by Nationality
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 14.2% | 2,235 | 13,508 | 15,743 |
| Guatemala | 43.7% | 2,505 | 3,233 | 5,738 |
| El Salvador | 54.5% | 1,961 | 1,637 | 3,598 |
| Colombia | 12.3% | 279 | 1,994 | 2,273 |
| Honduras | 36.3% | 807 | 1,419 | 2,226 |
| Ecuador | 32.7% | 648 | 1,332 | 1,980 |
| Dominican Republic | 11.5% | 224 | 1,718 | 1,942 |
| Haiti | 10.7% | 170 | 1,418 | 1,588 |
| Mexico | 34.9% | 232 | 433 | 665 |
| Angola | 58.2% | 339 | 243 | 582 |
| Venezuela | 21.9% | 78 | 278 | 356 |
| Peru | 27.2% | 81 | 217 | 298 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 44.3% | 113 | 142 | 255 |
| Nicaragua | 15.7% | 38 | 204 | 242 |
| Uganda | 80.8% | 185 | 44 | 229 |
| India | 28.1% | 57 | 146 | 203 |
| Turkey | 27.9% | 56 | 145 | 201 |
| China | 61.8% | 123 | 76 | 199 |
| Russia | 69.1% | 130 | 58 | 188 |
| Chile | 10.2% | 17 | 149 | 166 |
| Congo | 43.7% | 69 | 89 | 158 |
| Jamaica | 22.4% | 34 | 118 | 152 |
| Cape Verde | 34.5% | 49 | 93 | 142 |
| Nigeria | 50.5% | 56 | 55 | 111 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 109 | 109 |
| Egypt | 74.0% | 77 | 27 | 104 |
| Kenya | 63.7% | 65 | 37 | 102 |
| Ghana | 57.1% | 56 | 42 | 98 |
| Indonesia | 85.6% | 77 | 13 | 90 |
| Cameroon | 84.1% | 69 | 13 | 82 |
| Portugal | 15.2% | 12 | 67 | 79 |
| Nepal | 75.3% | 55 | 18 | 73 |
| Burundi | 83.6% | 51 | 10 | 61 |
| United Kingdom | 10.7% | 6 | 50 | 56 |
| Pakistan | 39.2% | 20 | 31 | 51 |
| Romania | 15.2% | 7 | 39 | 46 |
| Bolivia | 77.8% | 35 | 10 | 45 |
| Rwanda | 85.0% | 34 | 6 | 40 |
| Unknown Nationality | 45.0% | 18 | 22 | 40 |
| Belarus | 92.3% | 36 | 3 | 39 |
| Lebanon | 50.0% | 19 | 19 | 38 |
| Syria | 63.2% | 24 | 14 | 38 |
| Bangladesh | 69.4% | 25 | 11 | 36 |
| Cuba | 31.4% | 11 | 24 | 35 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 84.8% | 28 | 5 | 33 |
| Vietnam | 60.6% | 20 | 13 | 33 |
| Cambodia | 65.6% | 21 | 11 | 32 |
| Iraq | 86.7% | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| Ireland | 3.3% | 1 | 29 | 30 |
| Ukraine | 81.5% | 22 | 5 | 27 |
| Liberia | 46.2% | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| Morocco | 42.3% | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| Azerbaijan | 33.3% | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| Afghanistan | 9.1% | 2 | 20 | 22 |
| Djibouti | 85.7% | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| Albania | 73.7% | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| Canada | 5.6% | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| Senegal | 46.7% | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Spain | 7.1% | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 30.8% | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Ethiopia | 92.3% | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| Sudan | 66.7% | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Poland | 63.6% | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| United Arab Emirates | 45.5% | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Thailand | 45.5% | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Burkina Faso | 63.6% | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Belize | 18.2% | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Iran | 60.0% | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Somalia | 40.0% | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Eritrea | 100.0% | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Panama | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Guinea | 77.8% | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Turkmenistan | 33.3% | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Jordan | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Argentina | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Namibia | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Gambia | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Algeria | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Italy | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Zimbabwe | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Mali | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| France | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |