Immigration court
Miami, FL Immigration Court
57 judges · FL
EOIR data through Sep 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 98,454
- Granted
- 249,492
- Denied
- 57
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Miami, FL, 54 judges range from 0.0% to 63.0%.
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 28.3% historical asylum grant rate for Miami, FL Immigration Court, based on 98,454 grants and 249,492 denials (347,946 decided outcomes).
The Miami, FL Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 28.3% across 347,946 decided cases. The court has 57 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
How to Interpret This Court's Data
The Miami, FL Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 28.3% 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 Ford, Rex J. (35,425 total cases), Dowell, J. Daniel (32,055 total cases), and Horn, Michael C. (23,882 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Guatemala (17,327 decided, 2.9% grant rate), Nicaragua (11,703 decided, 4.2% grant rate), and Honduras (10,385 decided, 5.1% 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.
What This Court Profile's Data Shows
This profile ranks #3 by published decided outcomes among 73 courts with at least 5,000 decisions (347,946 outcomes).
Its 28.3% historical rate is 18.2 percentage points above the 10.1% median for those 73 courts.
The largest published nationality row is Guatemala: 17,327 decisions and a 2.9% grant rate in the nationality subset's stated scope.
These are descriptive historical aggregates. Court mix, judge assignment, representation, case facts, procedural posture, and changes in law are not controlled here, so the comparisons cannot predict an individual case.
Areas Served by This Court
Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Miami, FL Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 279 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
FL — Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Naples, West Palm Beach, Fort Myers, Hollywood, Pompano Beach, Boca Raton, Hialeah, Homestead, Boynton Beach, Cape Coral, Lehigh Acres, Delray Beach, Lake Worth and 63 more cities
MA — Plainville
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford, Rex J. | 13.7% | 3,778 | 23,799 | 27,577 |
| Dowell, J. Daniel | 28.7% | 5,796 | 14,387 | 20,183 |
| Horn, Michael C. | 34.5% | 5,391 | 10,224 | 15,615 |
| Alexander, Scott G. | 21.6% | 3,578 | 12,964 | 16,542 |
| Lane, Denise A. Marks | 28.1% | 3,884 | 9,915 | 13,799 |
| Solow, Bruce W. | 41.0% | 5,953 | 8,565 | 14,518 |
| Mander, Stephen E. | 34.7% | 4,806 | 9,058 | 13,864 |
| Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana | 30.5% | 4,060 | 9,239 | 13,299 |
| Sanders, Charles J. | 33.7% | 4,696 | 9,251 | 13,947 |
| Williams, Keith C. | 42.4% | 5,449 | 7,389 | 12,838 |
| Chapa, Teofilo | 29.6% | 3,382 | 8,052 | 11,434 |
| Nettles, Marsha K. | 8.5% | 817 | 8,826 | 9,643 |
| Mccormack, Nancy R. | 40.7% | 3,952 | 5,752 | 9,704 |
| Opaciuch, John | 21.1% | 2,147 | 8,038 | 10,185 |
| Balasquide, Javier E. | 29.7% | 2,817 | 6,653 | 9,470 |
| Miranda, Pedro A. | 43.4% | 3,979 | 5,184 | 9,163 |
| Martinez-Esquivel, Lourdes | 17.9% | 1,416 | 6,495 | 7,911 |
| Mateo, Rene D. | 13.2% | 824 | 5,423 | 6,247 |
| Garcia, Madeline | 7.4% | 540 | 6,797 | 7,337 |
| Bradley, Kevin G. | 24.7% | 2,110 | 6,416 | 8,526 |
| De Jongh, Lourdes Rodriguez | 19.4% | 1,099 | 4,575 | 5,674 |
| Maingot, Anthony E. | 7.1% | 338 | 4,448 | 4,786 |
| Burgess, Abraham L. | 9.7% | 429 | 3,988 | 4,417 |
| Sandron, Ira | 51.3% | 2,751 | 2,616 | 5,367 |
| Sogocio, Rico M. | 8.2% | 371 | 4,180 | 4,551 |
| Holyoak, Dalin R. | 11.8% | 519 | 3,883 | 4,402 |
| Simonet, Jose S. | 51.1% | 2,133 | 2,042 | 4,175 |
| Sonom, Ronald G. | 43.4% | 2,247 | 2,930 | 5,177 |
| Randall, Anthony J. | 47.6% | 2,471 | 2,718 | 5,189 |
| Ayze, Thomas | 4.3% | 191 | 4,294 | 4,485 |
| Rivera, Jose | 6.5% | 232 | 3,351 | 3,583 |
| Kleinfeld, Seymour R. | 42.7% | 2,085 | 2,803 | 4,888 |
| Reis, Christine | 6.2% | 215 | 3,235 | 3,450 |
| Recio, Irene M. | 6.5% | 199 | 2,878 | 3,077 |
| Araneta, Michelle | 6.1% | 219 | 3,366 | 3,585 |
| Neumann, Monica | 1.7% | 41 | 2,395 | 2,436 |
| Ubarri, Maria | 9.0% | 300 | 3,032 | 3,332 |
| Herman, Lakshmi | 3.7% | 91 | 2,388 | 2,479 |
| Pressman, Christian M. | 9.2% | 212 | 2,091 | 2,303 |
| Khanna, Rohit | 3.9% | 52 | 1,265 | 1,317 |
| Coleman, Sandra S. | 59.9% | 2,078 | 1,391 | 3,469 |
| Gonzalez, Maithe | 2.3% | 46 | 1,963 | 2,009 |
| King JR., H. Lloyd | 32.6% | 830 | 1,717 | 2,547 |
| Mart, H. Kevin | 31.4% | 531 | 1,162 | 1,693 |
| Metcalf, Mark H. | 24.9% | 338 | 1,018 | 1,356 |
| Goodwin, Deborah K. | 6.7% | 113 | 1,568 | 1,681 |
| Midgley, Ian D. | 8.8% | 68 | 707 | 775 |
| Brauwerman, Suzan C. | 63.0% | 434 | 255 | 689 |
| Kim, Morgan C. | 0.7% | 4 | 585 | 589 |
| Gross, Michael J. | 0.2% | 1 | 535 | 536 |
| Mitchell, Kyle V. | 5.3% | 23 | 415 | 438 |
| Martinez Joseph | 0.0% | 0 | 455 | 455 |
| Cruce-Haag, Ann | 0.0% | 0 | 288 | 288 |
| Falcone, Jennifer | 0.6% | 1 | 177 | 178 |
| Dill, William | 0.0% | 0 | 94 | 94 |
| Balasquide, Javier E. | 40.0% | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Alexander, Scott C. | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Bovino, Joe. They are excluded from the rate table above.
Approval Rate by Nationality
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 2.9% | 503 | 16,824 | 17,327 |
| Nicaragua | 4.2% | 488 | 11,215 | 11,703 |
| Honduras | 5.1% | 532 | 9,853 | 10,385 |
| Cuba | 11.7% | 825 | 6,249 | 7,074 |
| Haiti | 4.0% | 255 | 6,085 | 6,340 |
| Venezuela | 9.8% | 598 | 5,499 | 6,097 |
| Colombia | 7.8% | 401 | 4,773 | 5,174 |
| Mexico | 14.4% | 465 | 2,760 | 3,225 |
| Brazil | 5.4% | 161 | 2,798 | 2,959 |
| El Salvador | 9.8% | 183 | 1,689 | 1,872 |
| Peru | 5.3% | 79 | 1,411 | 1,490 |
| Chile | 3.2% | 26 | 788 | 814 |
| Russia | 37.1% | 271 | 460 | 731 |
| Jamaica | 32.1% | 166 | 351 | 517 |
| Ecuador | 8.6% | 41 | 435 | 476 |
| Dominican Republic | 9.9% | 33 | 301 | 334 |
| Romania | 3.6% | 9 | 242 | 251 |
| Turkey | 8.5% | 12 | 130 | 142 |
| Bolivia | 10.6% | 14 | 118 | 132 |
| Argentina | 15.1% | 19 | 107 | 126 |
| Bahamas | 24.0% | 24 | 76 | 100 |
| Israel | 29.6% | 24 | 57 | 81 |
| Vietnam | 34.2% | 26 | 50 | 76 |
| Ukraine | 50.0% | 36 | 36 | 72 |
| Spain | 2.8% | 2 | 69 | 71 |
| Costa Rica | 15.3% | 9 | 50 | 59 |
| Panama | 17.0% | 8 | 39 | 47 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 52.2% | 24 | 22 | 46 |
| China | 55.8% | 24 | 19 | 43 |
| Kazakhstan | 40.5% | 17 | 25 | 42 |
| Bangladesh | 36.6% | 15 | 26 | 41 |
| Italy | 5.1% | 2 | 37 | 39 |
| Canada | 21.1% | 8 | 30 | 38 |
| India | 26.5% | 9 | 25 | 34 |
| Belarus | 55.9% | 19 | 15 | 34 |
| Unknown Nationality | 3.0% | 1 | 32 | 33 |
| Guyana | 15.6% | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| Uruguay | 28.1% | 9 | 23 | 32 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| Uzbekistan | 41.7% | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Egypt | 53.3% | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| South Africa | 35.7% | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| Nigeria | 28.6% | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 38.5% | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Portugal | 7.7% | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| Pakistan | 58.3% | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| United Kingdom | 33.3% | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Belize | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Philippines | 20.0% | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Azerbaijan | 70.0% | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Jordan | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| France | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Serbia Montenegro | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Afghanistan | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Serbia | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Lithuania | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Netherlands | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Greece | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Paraguay | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Ireland | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Tunisia | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Cambodia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |