Immigration court
Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court
21 judges · PA
EOIR data through Sep 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 16,140
- Granted
- 67,154
- Denied
- 21
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Philadelphia, PA, 21 judges range from 2.2% to 35.2%.
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 19.4% historical asylum grant rate for Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court, based on 16,140 grants and 67,154 denials (83,294 decided outcomes).
The Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 19.4% across 83,294 decided cases. The court has 21 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
How to Interpret This Court's Data
The Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 19.4% 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 Garcy, Annie S. (21,687 total cases), Honeyman, Charles M. (13,724 total cases), and Malloy, Rosalind K. (11,043 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Guatemala (9,251 decided, 5.4% grant rate), Brazil (6,241 decided, 2.0% grant rate), and Honduras (4,584 decided, 5.8% 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 Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 1,907 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
DE — Wilmington, Newark, Dover, Bear, Bethany Beach, Bethel, Bridgeville, Camden Wyoming, Cheswold, Claymont, Clayton, Dagsboro, Delaware City, Delmar, Dover Afb and 39 more cities
PA — Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Erie, Harrisburg, Reading, Scranton, Allentown, York, Johnstown, Bethlehem, Lancaster, Levittown, Mckeesport, Wilkes Barre, Easton and 1626 more cities
VI — Kingshill, Christiansted, Frederiksted, St John, St Thomas
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garcy, Annie S. | 26.7% | 3,521 | 9,666 | 13,187 |
| Honeyman, Charles M. | 32.0% | 3,032 | 6,457 | 9,489 |
| Malloy, Rosalind K. | 34.0% | 2,624 | 5,099 | 7,723 |
| Mills, Miriam K. | 28.1% | 1,850 | 4,734 | 6,584 |
| Carle, John B. | 16.5% | 1,259 | 6,372 | 7,631 |
| Lee, Mary C. | 11.3% | 815 | 6,421 | 7,236 |
| Morley, Steven A. | 35.2% | 1,454 | 2,673 | 4,127 |
| Hoover, Forrest W., III | 8.0% | 450 | 5,192 | 5,642 |
| Ferlise, Donald V. | 30.9% | 1,391 | 3,117 | 4,508 |
| Scott, Joseph C. | 9.6% | 502 | 4,723 | 5,225 |
| Farber, Lauren T. | 14.4% | 626 | 3,718 | 4,344 |
| Kulick, Dawn | 6.9% | 268 | 3,591 | 3,859 |
| Capistrano, Antonio | 9.6% | 308 | 2,910 | 3,218 |
| Mcdermott, William | 28.2% | 625 | 1,589 | 2,214 |
| Gansallo, Ayodele | 21.9% | 312 | 1,112 | 1,424 |
| Futcher, Mary A. | 3.6% | 46 | 1,247 | 1,293 |
| Ehlers, Patrick J. | 26.1% | 227 | 643 | 870 |
| Fox, Melissa | 5.3% | 40 | 712 | 752 |
| Gaymer, Johanna P. | 3.4% | 7 | 201 | 208 |
| Lipiec, Keith | 2.2% | 4 | 178 | 182 |
| Winklosky, Devin A. | 5.6% | 8 | 135 | 143 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Visiting Judge 5. They are excluded from the rate table above.
Approval Rate by Nationality
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 5.4% | 495 | 8,756 | 9,251 |
| Brazil | 2.0% | 123 | 6,118 | 6,241 |
| Honduras | 5.8% | 268 | 4,316 | 4,584 |
| Mexico | 19.9% | 641 | 2,574 | 3,215 |
| Dominican Republic | 2.6% | 79 | 2,938 | 3,017 |
| Ecuador | 3.7% | 80 | 2,060 | 2,140 |
| Venezuela | 8.1% | 106 | 1,200 | 1,306 |
| Colombia | 3.1% | 39 | 1,204 | 1,243 |
| Haiti | 3.4% | 41 | 1,160 | 1,201 |
| Turkey | 8.4% | 83 | 909 | 992 |
| El Salvador | 15.0% | 141 | 798 | 939 |
| Nicaragua | 6.7% | 60 | 837 | 897 |
| Russia | 48.8% | 381 | 399 | 780 |
| Uzbekistan | 22.3% | 120 | 417 | 537 |
| Peru | 4.7% | 23 | 463 | 486 |
| Belarus | 80.1% | 293 | 73 | 366 |
| Georgia | 37.2% | 109 | 184 | 293 |
| India | 29.4% | 84 | 202 | 286 |
| Jamaica | 18.4% | 50 | 222 | 272 |
| Nigeria | 55.6% | 133 | 106 | 239 |
| China | 56.9% | 132 | 100 | 232 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 44.9% | 96 | 118 | 214 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 194 | 194 |
| Cuba | 13.9% | 24 | 149 | 173 |
| Guinea | 27.4% | 43 | 114 | 157 |
| Liberia | 48.7% | 73 | 77 | 150 |
| Pakistan | 59.2% | 87 | 60 | 147 |
| Chile | 1.4% | 2 | 138 | 140 |
| Costa Rica | 3.1% | 4 | 124 | 128 |
| Ghana | 49.6% | 61 | 62 | 123 |
| Egypt | 39.7% | 46 | 70 | 116 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 27.6% | 32 | 84 | 116 |
| Mauritania | 18.5% | 20 | 88 | 108 |
| Kazakhstan | 38.9% | 35 | 55 | 90 |
| Cameroon | 61.9% | 52 | 32 | 84 |
| Ukraine | 57.8% | 48 | 35 | 83 |
| Bangladesh | 56.3% | 40 | 31 | 71 |
| Vietnam | 22.9% | 16 | 54 | 70 |
| Senegal | 11.5% | 7 | 54 | 61 |
| Turkmenistan | 1.7% | 1 | 58 | 59 |
| Afghanistan | 13.0% | 7 | 47 | 54 |
| Sri Lanka | 25.0% | 11 | 33 | 44 |
| Indonesia | 47.6% | 20 | 22 | 42 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 2.4% | 1 | 40 | 41 |
| Azerbaijan | 28.9% | 11 | 27 | 38 |
| Mali | 51.4% | 19 | 18 | 37 |
| Romania | 3.0% | 1 | 32 | 33 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| Kenya | 54.8% | 17 | 14 | 31 |
| Burkina Faso | 36.7% | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| Poland | 76.7% | 23 | 7 | 30 |
| Angola | 58.6% | 17 | 12 | 29 |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| Sierra Leone | 39.3% | 11 | 17 | 28 |
| Algeria | 53.8% | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 42.3% | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| Soviet Union | 63.6% | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| Canada | 18.2% | 4 | 18 | 22 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 57.9% | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| Belize | 21.1% | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| Jordan | 58.8% | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Syria | 18.8% | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Somalia | 7.1% | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| Benin | 41.7% | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Guyana | 36.4% | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Togo | 63.6% | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Chad | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Nepal | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 88.9% | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| South Korea | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Niger | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Guadeloupe | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Iraq | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Unknown Country | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Hungary | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Israel | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Libya | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Burundi | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Ethiopia | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Iran | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Holland | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Sudan | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Lebanon | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |