27 judges · NJ
The Newark, NJ Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 0.4% across 38,636 decided cases. The court has 27 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riefkohl, Alberto J. | 20.4% | 705 | 2,754 | 3,459 |
| Chen, Shana W. | 4.5% | 229 | 4,870 | 5,099 |
| Speer, John K. | 54.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finston, Leo A. | 25.7% | 502 | 1,453 | 1,955 |
| Reichenberg, Margaret R. | 16.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meisner, Daniel A. | 24.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rastegar, Ramin | 10.7% | 290 | 2,428 | 2,718 |
| Dogin, Henry S. | 25.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilson, Tamar H. | 11.6% | 380 | 2,883 | 3,263 |
| Pugliese, Eugene | 17.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheng, David | 17.6% | 475 | 2,221 | 2,696 |
| Strasser, William | 42.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akalski, Maria I. | 3.5% | 158 | 4,365 | 4,523 |
| Rubin, Shifra | 29.7% | 542 | 1,285 | 1,827 |
| Ranasinghe, Arya S. | 23.7% | 429 | 1,382 | 1,811 |
| Mullican, Leila Mcneill. | 21.0% | 546 | 2,049 | 2,595 |
| Lane, Nicole | 4.6% | 136 | 2,834 | 2,970 |
| Ryan, Dennis | 6.3% | 110 | 1,647 | 1,757 |
| Pierro, Laura N. | 16.7% | 313 | 1,563 | 1,876 |
| Cabrera, Esmeralda | 36.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manuel, Elise | 32.3% | 109 | 228 | 337 |
| Kim, Nicole | 23.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neal, Michael M. | 8.2% | 82 | 920 | 1,002 |
| Roy, Susan G. | 14.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hinds Roach, Denise A. | 13.1% | 64 | 425 | 489 |
| Kaplan, Elliot M. | 52.5% | 159 | 144 | 303 |
| Louisville Visiting Judge 2 | 8.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 15.6% | 1,000 | 5,412 | 6,412 |
| Guatemala | 7.6% | 427 | 5,207 | 5,634 |
| Honduras | 8.9% | 381 | 3,902 | 4,283 |
| Brazil | 8.4% | 354 | 3,847 | 4,201 |
| Peru | 6.3% | 244 | 3,613 | 3,857 |
| Colombia | 6.5% | 208 | 2,970 | 3,178 |
| Mexico | 40.2% | 951 | 1,415 | 2,366 |
| El Salvador | 15.5% | 311 | 1,698 | 2,009 |
| Turkey | 16.3% | 136 | 697 | 833 |
| Haiti | 8.7% | 65 | 683 | 748 |
| Dominican Republic | 13.9% | 102 | 633 | 735 |
| Nicaragua | 9.2% | 64 | 629 | 693 |
| Venezuela | 19.8% | 114 | 462 | 576 |
| Nigeria | 65.2% | 290 | 155 | 445 |
| India | 32.0% | 121 | 257 | 378 |
| Costa Rica | 24.6% | 48 | 147 | 195 |
| Russia | 46.8% | 66 | 75 | 141 |
| Georgia | 34.7% | 42 | 79 | 121 |
| Chile | 18.0% | 20 | 91 | 111 |
| China | 68.0% | 70 | 33 | 103 |
| Egypt | 44.8% | 43 | 53 | 96 |
| Ghana | 43.2% | 41 | 54 | 95 |
| Cuba | 22.6% | 21 | 72 | 93 |
| Jamaica | 36.7% | 33 | 57 | 90 |
| Ukraine | 80.0% | 56 | 14 | 70 |
| Sri Lanka | 25.4% | 17 | 50 | 67 |
| Poland | 59.0% | 36 | 25 | 61 |
| Burkina Faso | 39.0% | 23 | 36 | 59 |
| Bangladesh | 44.0% | 22 | 28 | 50 |
| Turkmenistan | 10.6% | 5 | 42 | 47 |
| Pakistan | 47.8% | 22 | 24 | 46 |
| Philippines | 58.7% | 27 | 19 | 46 |
| Uzbekistan | 75.7% | 28 | 9 | 37 |
| Indonesia | 73.0% | 27 | 10 | 37 |
| Jordan | 58.3% | 21 | 15 | 36 |
| Argentina | 20.0% | 7 | 28 | 35 |
| Belarus | 73.3% | 22 | 8 | 30 |
| Portugal | 31.0% | 9 | 20 | 29 |
| United Kingdom | 14.3% | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| South Korea | 54.2% | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| Romania | 8.3% | 2 | 22 | 24 |
| Panama | 16.7% | 4 | 20 | 24 |
| Guyana | 56.5% | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| Guinea | 47.8% | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| Bolivia | 8.7% | 2 | 21 | 23 |
| Kenya | 45.5% | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| Chad | 54.5% | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 36.8% | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| Soviet Union | 68.4% | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| Sierra Leone | 58.8% | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Liberia | 29.4% | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 50.0% | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Cameroon | 84.6% | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Syria | 84.6% | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Afghanistan | 69.2% | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Senegal | 33.3% | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 72.7% | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Kazakhstan | 36.4% | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Albania | 66.7% | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Macedonia | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Paraguay | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Uruguay | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Nepal | 85.7% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Unknown Country | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Morocco | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Algeria | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| South Africa | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Slovak Republic | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Israel | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Eritrea | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Togo | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Vietnam | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Lebanon | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Mali | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Armenia | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Kosovo | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Serbia Montenegro | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Hungary | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sudan | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Italy | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mauritania | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Uganda | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Namibia | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Niger | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Congo | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gambia | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bahamas | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ireland | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |