Immigration court
Charlotte, NC Immigration Court
20 judges · NC
EOIR data through Sep 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 4,842
- Granted
- 109,204
- Denied
- 20
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Charlotte, NC, 19 judges range from 0.0% to 22.2%.
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 4.2% historical asylum grant rate for Charlotte, NC Immigration Court, based on 4,842 grants and 109,204 denials (114,046 decided outcomes).
The Charlotte, NC Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 4.2% across 114,046 decided cases. The court has 20 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
How to Interpret This Court's Data
The Charlotte, NC Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 4.2% 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 Holmes-Simmons, Theresa (26,966 total cases), Lee, Amy T. (21,890 total cases), and Criss, Scott D. (17,522 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (28,832 decided, 1.7% grant rate), Mexico (16,042 decided, 1.8% grant rate), and Guatemala (15,943 decided, 1.7% 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 Charlotte, NC Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 1,277 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
NC — Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, Winston Salem, Fayetteville, Wilmington, Asheville, High Point, Cary, Chapel Hill, Goldsboro, Rocky Mount, Apex, Gastonia and 703 more cities
SC — Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg, Anderson, Beaufort, Aiken, Florence, Fort Mill, North Charleston, Orangeburg, Rock Hill, Summerville, Sumter and 334 more cities
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes-Simmons, Theresa | 22.2% | 4,692 | 16,422 | 21,114 |
| Lee, Amy T. | 2.1% | 427 | 19,462 | 19,889 |
| Criss, Scott D. | 1.9% | 305 | 15,878 | 16,183 |
| Lopez-Enriquez, Maria | 6.9% | 955 | 12,956 | 13,911 |
| Nance, Jeffery R. | 1.4% | 198 | 14,434 | 14,632 |
| Pettinato, Barry J. | 9.9% | 763 | 6,936 | 7,699 |
| Couch, V. Stuart | 6.8% | 504 | 6,930 | 7,434 |
| Brown, Charlotte D. | 6.4% | 412 | 6,070 | 6,482 |
| Riggs, George W. | 5.7% | 201 | 3,341 | 3,542 |
| Brooks, Alicia | 9.4% | 301 | 2,915 | 3,216 |
| Batko-Taylor, Abby Anna. | 6.5% | 162 | 2,339 | 2,501 |
| Lundberg, Robert K. | 8.9% | 155 | 1,583 | 1,738 |
| Terrien, Jeb | 15.5% | 216 | 1,177 | 1,393 |
| Julius, Derek | 15.0% | 112 | 636 | 748 |
| Dotson, Chadwick | 4.3% | 34 | 750 | 784 |
| Walker, Amy | 0.0% | 0 | 373 | 373 |
| Mangoli, Vimala S. | 8.0% | 21 | 240 | 261 |
| Wells, Jennifer | 0.0% | 0 | 312 | 312 |
| Ingold, James | 0.0% | 0 | 114 | 114 |
| Bragg, Christopher | 0.0% | 0 | 84 | 84 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Phillips, Steven J.. They are excluded from the rate table above.
Approval Rate by Nationality
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 1.7% | 490 | 28,342 | 28,832 |
| Mexico | 1.8% | 285 | 15,757 | 16,042 |
| Guatemala | 1.7% | 273 | 15,670 | 15,943 |
| Venezuela | 5.0% | 207 | 3,972 | 4,179 |
| El Salvador | 7.2% | 297 | 3,837 | 4,134 |
| Nicaragua | 2.5% | 81 | 3,194 | 3,275 |
| Colombia | 1.5% | 44 | 2,962 | 3,006 |
| Brazil | 1.0% | 28 | 2,739 | 2,767 |
| Ecuador | 2.2% | 16 | 712 | 728 |
| Haiti | 2.7% | 18 | 654 | 672 |
| Peru | 0.8% | 5 | 635 | 640 |
| Cuba | 6.8% | 25 | 341 | 366 |
| Russia | 40.6% | 119 | 174 | 293 |
| Senegal | 5.0% | 11 | 210 | 221 |
| Dominican Republic | 2.7% | 6 | 213 | 219 |
| India | 4.3% | 9 | 202 | 211 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 171 | 171 |
| Jamaica | 10.6% | 12 | 101 | 113 |
| Costa Rica | 1.9% | 2 | 106 | 108 |
| Vietnam | 7.1% | 7 | 92 | 99 |
| Chile | 1.2% | 1 | 82 | 83 |
| Turkey | 7.6% | 5 | 61 | 66 |
| Nigeria | 29.5% | 18 | 43 | 61 |
| China | 29.1% | 16 | 39 | 55 |
| Mauritania | 4.9% | 2 | 39 | 41 |
| Panama | 5.1% | 2 | 37 | 39 |
| Congo | 11.1% | 4 | 32 | 36 |
| Ghana | 17.1% | 6 | 29 | 35 |
| Ukraine | 15.2% | 5 | 28 | 33 |
| Belarus | 46.9% | 15 | 17 | 32 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 13.8% | 4 | 25 | 29 |
| Cameroon | 32.1% | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| Egypt | 57.7% | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| Argentina | 4.0% | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| Afghanistan | 8.3% | 2 | 22 | 24 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 0.0% | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Kazakhstan | 25.0% | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| Philippines | 26.3% | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Sudan | 75.0% | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| Azerbaijan | 33.3% | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Kenya | 38.5% | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Israel | 9.1% | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Syria | 100.0% | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Gambia | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Iran | 62.5% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Bahamas | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Guinea | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Poland | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Germany | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Mali | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Niger | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Indonesia | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Holland | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Eritrea | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Namibia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Canada | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Italy | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Uruguay | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Liberia | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pakistan | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| South Korea | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |