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Newark, NJ Immigration Court

27 judges · NJ

0.4%
Court Approval Rate
5,702
Total Granted
32,934
Total Denied
27
Judges

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).

Judges at This Court

JudgeApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
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

Approval Rate by Nationality

NationalityApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
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

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