20 judges · MA
The Chelsea, MA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 10.3% across 6,018 decided cases. The court has 20 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmed, Sameer | 65.5% | 366 | 193 | 559 |
| Pappas, George | 23.0% | 169 | 567 | 736 |
| Cho, Yul-mi | 7.8% | 119 | 1,398 | 1,517 |
| McEwen, Justin | 38.5% | 137 | 219 | 356 |
| Munro, Angela | 40.6% | 217 | 318 | 535 |
| Smith, Natalie | 14.8% | 162 | 931 | 1,093 |
| Saldana Mistry, Lucero | 34.3% | 241 | 461 | 702 |
| Froes, Nina | 23.6% | 183 | 593 | 776 |
| Olson, Christine | 9.3% | 64 | 623 | 687 |
| Beverly, Jenny | 40.3% | 150 | 222 | 372 |
| Ostrom, Donald | 20.4% | 109 | 425 | 534 |
| Menezes de Araujo, Juliana | 15.4% | 63 | 345 | 408 |
| Griffiths, Nancy | 29.5% | 81 | 194 | 275 |
| Le, Huy | 26.2% | 85 | 239 | 324 |
| Visiting Judge 8 | 25.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodgers, Sujata | 9.4% | 6 | 58 | 64 |
| Thomas, Jason | 14.8% | 4 | 23 | 27 |
| Doyle, Kerry | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dubuc, Luciana | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Gaffney, Kevin | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 10.5% | 158 | 1,340 | 1,498 |
| Guatemala | 31.5% | 367 | 797 | 1,164 |
| Dominican Republic | 4.3% | 25 | 561 | 586 |
| Ecuador | 14.4% | 63 | 373 | 436 |
| El Salvador | 33.2% | 109 | 219 | 328 |
| Honduras | 23.8% | 61 | 195 | 256 |
| Colombia | 10.9% | 25 | 204 | 229 |
| Angola | 47.9% | 93 | 101 | 194 |
| Haiti | 11.8% | 18 | 135 | 153 |
| Mexico | 17.1% | 24 | 116 | 140 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 57.0% | 65 | 49 | 114 |
| Venezuela | 19.6% | 18 | 74 | 92 |
| Peru | 7.6% | 5 | 61 | 66 |
| Nicaragua | 10.9% | 6 | 49 | 55 |
| India | 14.8% | 8 | 46 | 54 |
| Turkey | 15.1% | 8 | 45 | 53 |
| Jamaica | 4.3% | 2 | 44 | 46 |
| Congo | 53.3% | 24 | 21 | 45 |
| Russia | 57.9% | 22 | 16 | 38 |
| China | 23.5% | 8 | 26 | 34 |
| Cameroon | 96.7% | 29 | 1 | 30 |
| Cape Verde | 6.7% | 2 | 28 | 30 |
| Uganda | 69.6% | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Rwanda | 65.0% | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| Ghana | 47.4% | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| Burundi | 70.6% | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| Senegal | 46.7% | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Nigeria | 57.1% | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Belarus | 91.7% | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Egypt | 27.3% | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Cuba | 20.0% | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Chile | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Indonesia | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Vietnam | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Kenya | 88.9% | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Ireland | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Portugal | 33.3% | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Bolivia | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Guinea | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Pakistan | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Ethiopia | 100.0% | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Afghanistan | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Nepal | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Djibouti | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Unknown Nationality | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Jordan | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Morocco | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Albania | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Cambodia | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Mauritania | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Spain | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Canada | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Liberia | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sudan | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Somalia | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Armenia | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Laos | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Turkmenistan | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Poland | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Tanzania | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bangladesh | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belize | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Panama | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |