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Judge Counihan, Brian

Immigration Judge at Elizabeth, NJ

3.8%
Approval Rate
22
Granted
593
Denied
615
Total Decided

Judge Counihan, Brian serves at the Elizabeth, NJ Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 3.8%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Approval Rate by Nationality

NationalityApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
Mexico 1.8% 3 166 169
Ecuador 1.9% 1 52 53
Guatemala 2.5% 1 39 40
El Salvador 5.4% 2 35 37
Venezuela 8.6% 3 32 35
Colombia 0.0% 0 32 32
Dominican Republic 0.0% 0 29 29
Honduras 0.0% 0 24 24
India 0.0% 0 22 22
Jamaica 0.0% 0 20 20
Russia 25.0% 4 12 16
Brazil 0.0% 0 13 13
Turkey 18.2% 2 9 11
China 10.0% 1 9 10
Uzbekistan 0.0% 0 8 8
Haiti 0.0% 0 7 7
Romania 0.0% 0 7 7
Guyana 28.6% 2 5 7
Cuba 0.0% 0 7 7
Peru 0.0% 0 6 6
United Kingdom 0.0% 0 5 5
Mauritania 0.0% 0 5 5
Nicaragua 0.0% 0 4 4
Georgia 0.0% 0 4 4
Nigeria 0.0% 0 4 4
Bangladesh 0.0% 0 4 4
Unknown Nationality 0.0% 0 3 3
Democratic Republic Of Congo 0.0% 0 3 3
Albania 33.3% 1 2 3
Sri Lanka 0.0% 0 3 3
Somalia 0.0% 0 2 2
Afghanistan 50.0% 1 1 2
Trinidad And Tobago 0.0% 0 2 2
Belize 0.0% 0 2 2
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) 0.0% 0 2 2
Tajikistan (Tadzhik) 0.0% 0 2 2
Guinea 0.0% 0 2 2
Sudan 0.0% 0 2 2
Armenia 0.0% 0 1 1
Jordan 0.0% 0 1 1
Eritrea 100.0% 1 0 1
Canada 0.0% 0 1 1
Costa Rica 0.0% 0 1 1
Vietnam 0.0% 0 1 1
Iran 0.0% 0 1 1
Chad 0.0% 0 1 1

Yearly Trends

YearApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
20260.0%02222
20253.1%8246254
20242.6%6222228
20236.9%11148159

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