Immigration court
Orlando, FL Immigration Court
36 judges · FL
EOIR data through Sep 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 18,123
- Granted
- 108,528
- Denied
- 36
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Orlando, FL, 32 judges range from 0.0% to 29.9%.
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 14.3% historical asylum grant rate for Orlando, FL Immigration Court, based on 18,123 grants and 108,528 denials (126,651 decided outcomes).
The Orlando, FL Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 14.3% across 126,651 decided cases. The court has 36 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
How to Interpret This Court's Data
The Orlando, FL Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 14.3% 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 Ortiz-Segura, Rafael (24,724 total cases), Mchugh, R. Kevin (21,994 total cases), and Ghartey, Victoria L. (19,970 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (9,513 decided, 0.9% grant rate), Guatemala (9,425 decided, 0.9% grant rate), and Venezuela (8,019 decided, 11.6% 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 Orlando, FL Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 733 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
FL — Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa, Saint Petersburg, Pensacola, Tallahassee, Sarasota, Gainesville, Ocala, Bradenton, Clearwater, Lakeland, Fort Pierce, Kissimmee, Panama City and 375 more cities
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ortiz-Segura, Rafael | 27.2% | 4,977 | 13,318 | 18,295 |
| Mchugh, R. Kevin | 10.9% | 2,084 | 17,056 | 19,140 |
| Ghartey, Victoria L. | 28.6% | 4,183 | 10,435 | 14,618 |
| Wilson, Earle B | 11.4% | 1,284 | 10,023 | 11,307 |
| Harris, Rodger C. | 13.5% | 1,518 | 9,709 | 11,227 |
| Hanson, Mahlon F. | 25.6% | 2,083 | 6,057 | 8,140 |
| Alberdi, Yon K. | 8.4% | 604 | 6,620 | 7,224 |
| Grim, James K. | 18.4% | 1,273 | 5,631 | 6,904 |
| Lippman, Daniel | 17.3% | 1,181 | 5,651 | 6,832 |
| Page-Lozano, Jennifer Leigh | 6.4% | 396 | 5,791 | 6,187 |
| Lang, Elizabeth G. | 14.1% | 736 | 4,482 | 5,218 |
| Karden, Stuart F. | 19.9% | 1,007 | 4,053 | 5,060 |
| Jamadar, Richard A. | 8.5% | 457 | 4,893 | 5,350 |
| Burke, Brian | 10.3% | 431 | 3,771 | 4,202 |
| Rosen, Benjamin | 4.3% | 144 | 3,239 | 3,383 |
| Moreno, Roberto | 29.9% | 1,497 | 3,505 | 5,002 |
| Espinal, Pedro J. | 6.4% | 196 | 2,852 | 3,048 |
| Stanley, Kevin | 3.7% | 117 | 3,080 | 3,197 |
| Niziolek, Alec J. | 2.1% | 66 | 3,095 | 3,161 |
| Adams, Anna | 7.0% | 189 | 2,529 | 2,718 |
| Rojas, Raphael | 4.8% | 128 | 2,550 | 2,678 |
| Frederick, Jeffrey | 3.4% | 64 | 1,826 | 1,890 |
| Cato, Richard | 4.9% | 131 | 2,544 | 2,675 |
| Diaz-Rex, Julia | 8.8% | 218 | 2,268 | 2,486 |
| Talavera-Peraza, Elvin | 6.1% | 157 | 2,396 | 2,553 |
| Padgett, Gail | 23.4% | 530 | 1,739 | 2,269 |
| Klinedinst, James | 5.1% | 22 | 413 | 435 |
| Brady, Jeffry | 0.9% | 3 | 345 | 348 |
| Moroz, Harold R. | 0.0% | 0 | 275 | 275 |
| Levinson, Eric L. | 4.3% | 6 | 134 | 140 |
| Ford, Christopher R. | 1.9% | 3 | 153 | 156 |
| Mouakar, Nicole | 9.6% | 5 | 47 | 52 |
| Palmer, Robert G. | 5.3% | 6 | 107 | 113 |
| Faerber, Peter | 4.6% | 4 | 83 | 87 |
| Fighter, Thomas | 0.0% | 0 | 79 | 79 |
| Miller, Mark | 0.0% | 0 | 42 | 42 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Status Judge Docket 1. They are excluded from the rate table above.
Approval Rate by Nationality
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 0.9% | 87 | 9,426 | 9,513 |
| Guatemala | 0.9% | 86 | 9,339 | 9,425 |
| Venezuela | 11.6% | 933 | 7,086 | 8,019 |
| Mexico | 6.9% | 391 | 5,306 | 5,697 |
| Colombia | 3.8% | 143 | 3,664 | 3,807 |
| Brazil | 1.9% | 59 | 3,060 | 3,119 |
| Haiti | 1.7% | 51 | 2,999 | 3,050 |
| Nicaragua | 4.1% | 123 | 2,902 | 3,025 |
| Cuba | 11.2% | 339 | 2,682 | 3,021 |
| El Salvador | 4.2% | 36 | 820 | 856 |
| Peru | 3.8% | 22 | 562 | 584 |
| Russia | 42.9% | 241 | 321 | 562 |
| Ecuador | 1.1% | 6 | 544 | 550 |
| Romania | 1.0% | 4 | 394 | 398 |
| Jamaica | 12.9% | 44 | 297 | 341 |
| Chile | 0.3% | 1 | 299 | 300 |
| Dominican Republic | 6.4% | 17 | 250 | 267 |
| Egypt | 53.3% | 105 | 92 | 197 |
| India | 6.6% | 12 | 170 | 182 |
| Turkey | 14.8% | 23 | 132 | 155 |
| China | 42.2% | 49 | 67 | 116 |
| Costa Rica | 3.9% | 3 | 73 | 76 |
| Ukraine | 42.4% | 28 | 38 | 66 |
| Bahamas | 13.8% | 8 | 50 | 58 |
| Panama | 5.6% | 3 | 51 | 54 |
| Bangladesh | 28.8% | 15 | 37 | 52 |
| Vietnam | 10.0% | 5 | 45 | 50 |
| Kazakhstan | 35.4% | 17 | 31 | 48 |
| Belarus | 55.8% | 24 | 19 | 43 |
| Jordan | 2.4% | 1 | 41 | 42 |
| Afghanistan | 19.0% | 8 | 34 | 42 |
| Uzbekistan | 43.2% | 16 | 21 | 37 |
| Hungary | 15.2% | 5 | 28 | 33 |
| Argentina | 6.1% | 2 | 31 | 33 |
| Nigeria | 16.1% | 5 | 26 | 31 |
| Canada | 20.0% | 6 | 24 | 30 |
| Italy | 10.0% | 3 | 27 | 30 |
| Bolivia | 3.4% | 1 | 28 | 29 |
| Philippines | 25.9% | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| United Kingdom | 24.0% | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| Unknown Nationality | 4.0% | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| Syria | 35.0% | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 30.0% | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| Portugal | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Guyana | 18.8% | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 12.5% | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| Israel | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Morocco | 23.1% | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| South Africa | 15.4% | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Iraq | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Uruguay | 18.2% | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Pakistan | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Germany | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Cameroon | 88.9% | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Bulgaria | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Ghana | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Iran | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Libya | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Albania | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| St. Lucia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Poland | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Belgium | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |