Immigration court

Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court

21 judges · PA

19.4%Court Approval Rate
Philadelphia, PA19.4%
National16.6%

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.

Snapshot answer

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

Not sure which immigration court serves your address? Enter your ZIP code in the AsylumTracker app's coverage map.

Judges at This Court

JudgeApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
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

NationalityApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
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

Nationality-Specific Court Comparisons