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Immigration Judges at the New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court - Asylum Decision Statistics

Aggregated asylum decision statistics across all immigration judges currently sitting at the New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court, based on FOIA-released EOIR data.

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Latest 12-month grant rate

5.5%

Asylum decisions, trailing 12 months

Lifetime total cases

211,526

All recorded asylum decisions

FY2026 court average

5.9%

Complete fiscal year: Oct 2025 – Sep 2026

Before the 2025 change

69.9%

FY2024 baseline: Oct 2023 – Sep 2024

FY2024 was the last full fiscal year before the January 2025 asylum-policy changes, so it is kept fixed as a before-and-after baseline rather than updated. More cases now close administratively, which shifts the merit-decision mix and is why the later figures are much lower.

Last data refresh

2026-10-23

From Deportation Data Project FOIA release

Monthly grant-rate trend

0%25%50%75%100%
Monthly grant-rate data
MonthGrant rate
2025-1015.1%
2025-1115.5%
2025-126.1%
2026-014.9%
2026-024.8%
2026-038.3%
2026-044.5%
2026-055.3%
2026-063.7%
2026-073.6%
2026-082.5%
2026-094.9%

Which immigration judges work at the New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court?

The table below lists every judge with substantive asylum case volume in the last 24 months at the New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court. The 12-month grant rate column reflects the trailing year ending 2026-10-23. Lifetime cases counts all recorded asylum decisions for each judge across the FOIA-released dataset.

Judge12-month grant rateLifetime cases
Abrams, Steven R.-1,021
Adams, Julie0.0%14
Adams, Lori32.9%1,030
Adrian, Matthew T.-476
Alexander, Erin-22
Alexander, Scott G.-24
Anderson, David C.-2
Baez, Lucy3.9%677
Bain, Quynh Vu-63
Bain, Terry A.-6,717
Balasquide, Javier E.-2,529
Barcus, E. Mark-17
Bartolomei, Rico J.-2
Behne, Audra R.-34
Benton, Jimmie Lee-7
Berich, Watson0.0%152
Beschta, Susan M-12
Bither, Christine A.-17
Bowens, Tanisha0.0%71
Bradley, Kevin G.-1
Brennan, Noel A.-6,352
Buchanan, Patricia L.-25
Bukszpan, Joanna M.-4,325
Burman, Lawrence O.-1
Burnham, Shayne R.-1
Burns, John1.2%471
Burr, Sarah M.-2,988
Calcador, Kerri-1
Campanella, Lorianne-435
Carle, John B.25.9%27
Cassin, Olivia L.-1,487
Chapa, Teofilo-13
Chase, Jeffrey S.-1,320
Cheng, Mary-1,619
Chew, George T.-5,821
Christensen, Jesse B.-3,068
Chugh, Amit-391
Clemente, Jesus-8
Cohen, Raisa-1,634
Cole, Samuel B.-3
Coleman, Sandra S.-7
Conroy, Charles R.-499
Crawford, Carol A.3.5%1,462
Criss, Scott D.-27
Cusmano, Christopher2.0%459
Dandelet, Kyle18.7%1,352
Dean, Larry R.-131
Defillo, Irma Lopez-35
Defonzo, Paul-2,028
Donnolo, Paula-449
Douchy, Evalyn P.28.6%2,444
Duck, John A., JR.-6
Echavarren, Daniel-1
Ehrens, Lisa78.6%1,001
Elstein, Annette S.-2,975
Factor, Samuel M.5.2%2,289
Farber, Lauren T.-473
Ferguson, Jason D.-6
Ferris, Noel A.-1,649
Ford, Rex J.-6
Fraiden, David-31
Gagnon, Paul M.-17
Gerry, Niles5.9%17
Ghartey, Victoria L.-967
Gillman, Marla0.0%240
Golovnin, Lena9.8%2,060
Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E.-6,206
Gordon, Cynthia17.0%1,735
Grogan, Edward-1
Harbeck, Dorothy A.15.8%1,935
Henry, Jennifer6.8%44
Herndon, Megan B.-3
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.-989
Ho, Anna-6
Hochul, Denise-8
Holliday, Carey R.-1
Holloway, Richard5.2%211
Holmes-Simmons, Theresa-2,494
Hom, Howard C.-583
Hom, Sandy-3,491
Honeyman, Charles M.-417
Hoover, Forrest W., III-1
Horn, Michael C.-7
Hristova, Linda2.4%626
Hurewitz, Kenneth S.-14
Igoe, Alison0.0%72
Imburgia, Joseph S.-22
Iskra, Wayne-1
Jankun, William F.-781
Jeannopoulos, Amanda7.9%881
Johnson-Papillo, Carrie C.3.6%1,489
Johnson, Kelly S.-1
Johnston, Paul L-33
Jones, David M.0.0%123
Josephson, Kenneth-41
Joyce, William-1
Kandler, Edward R.-29
Kanellakos, Thanos0.0%66
Karden, Stuart F.-4
Karesh, Ellen-18
Kelly, Wynne P.-28
Kessler, Elizabeth A.0.0%47
Khan, Amiena A.-1,296
Kilker, Jean M.4.5%364
Kim, David-618
Kitchen, James0.0%269
Klahr, Deborah E.1.4%2,799
Klein, Eliza-15
Kleinfeld, Seymour R.-21
Kolbe, Margaret-774
Koppenhofer, Andrea-1
Kouris, Theodora N.14.5%1,305
Kulick, Dawn-24
LaBrosse, Melynda L.-2
Laforest, Brigitte-6,878
Lalor, Kieran-1
Lamb, Elizabeth A.-5,396
Lane, Denise A. Marks-10
Latimore, Jan D.-3
Lazare-Raphael, Shirley-23
Lee-Lo, Adrien5.0%384
Leeds, Frederic G.20.0%2,936
Levinsky, Mitchell A.-18
Lewandowski, Robert M.-1
Ling, Lisa W.-89
Lipiec, Keith0.0%15
Little, Anna C.6.8%2,719
Livingston, Donn L.-15
London, Charlesa E.-29
Lopez-Enriquez, Maria-1
Loprest, F. James, JR.9.7%3,714
Luba, Louis J.0.0%70
Lurye, Maria35.9%2,116
Maiellano, Gioia2.4%1,065
Malvin, Daniel H.-1
Manuel, Elise-1
Mart, H. Kevin-4
Martin, William J.-2
Martinez, Hugo R.-2
Mccarthy, James M.-937
Mccormack, Nancy R.-17
Mccullough, Charles M.-15
Mcdermott, William84.6%668
Mcfarland, Michael G.10.3%2,253
Mcmanus, Margaret-5,540
Mcnulty, Sheila-30
Menkin, Jeffrey L.-110
Miller, Joe D.-1
Mills, Miriam K.-414
Miranda, Pedro A.-13
Mishkin, Marion S6.7%106
Morace, Philip L.-6,428
Moskow, Robert0.0%107
Mulligan, Thomas J.-2,475
Narain, Lucky-2
Nassar, Dania5.5%1,758
Navarro, Maria E.-786
Nazaire, Karen0.6%736
Nelson, Barbara A.6.7%6,895
Niburg, Rebecca0.0%79
O'Leary, Brian M.-3
O'Leary, Thomas Michael-8
Opaciuch, Adam-988
Opaciuch, John-433
Owens, Robert P.-3
Page, Alan L.-3
Palmer, Brian T.-710
Parchert, Brett M.-27
Peal, Tiesha2.1%2,728
Perl, Adam-8
Peterson, William C.-31
Pierro, Laura N.-178
Pieters, Edwin-191
Poczter, Aviva L.-2,954
Ragno, Thomas M.-1
Randall, Anthony J.-22
Rastegar, Ramin-1
Reichenberg, Margaret R.-34
Reingold, Jonathan4.2%1,275
Renner, Renee L.-14
Rey Caldas, Carmen-241
Riley, Teresa L.-1
Rohan, Patricia A.-4,716
Romig, Jeffrey L.-36
Rubenstein, John S.0.0%147
Ruehle, Walter H.-18
Russelburg, Joseph-298
Sagerman, Roger F.-55
Sagesse, Cathy4.6%2,255
Samuels, Laurie0.0%246
Sanders, Charles J.-31
Sandron, Ira-26
Schmidt, Paul W.-2
Schoppert, Douglas B.-6,528
Segal, Alice14.9%3,412
Shapiro, Leonard I.-7
Sichel, Helen-5,703
Siemietkowski, John5.7%1,886
Singh, Rantideva-59
Slavin, Denise N.-8
Solow, Bruce W.-8
Sonom, Ronald G.-5
Speer, John K.-88
Spencer, Oshea-627
Sponzo, Jem C.3.0%2,965
Sukkar, Elisa M.-38
Tadal, Mirlande-1
Taylor, John D.-1
Taylor, Khalilah-60
Territola, Toniann9.1%77
Thompson, Donald W., JR.4.6%3,100
Thomsen, Scott85.7%914
Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana-5
Tsankov, Mimi-1,064
Ubarri, Maria-137
Vargas-Padilla, Nelson A.-1
Verma, Dinesh C.0.0%89
Videla, Gabriel C.-2,314
Vinikoor, Robert D.-2
Vomacka, Alan A.-1,464
Ward, Robert Q.-4
Weisel, Robert D.-3,691
Williams, Keith C.-1
Williams, Phillip T.-3
Wilson, Earle B-41
Winklosky, Devin A.-2
Wright, Virna A.3.8%4,209
Wyke, William Van-3,349
Zagzoug, Randa20.2%3,654

Frequently asked questions

What is the asylum grant rate at the New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court?

Over the trailing 12 months, the New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court granted asylum in 5.5% of decided cases. The fiscal year 2024 (Oct 2023 – Sep 2024) court-wide average was 69.9%. The two numbers may differ because policy and caseload shifts can move rates significantly year-over-year.

How many immigration judges work at the New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court?

Based on the most recent FOIA-released EOIR data, 229 immigration judges are listed as actively sitting at the New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court with asylum case volume in the last 24 months. The full judge roster, each with their individual grant rate, appears below.

How many asylum decisions has the New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court issued total?

The New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court has issued 211,526 recorded asylum decisions across the full FOIA-released dataset. This includes both grants and denials but excludes administrative outcomes (cases dismissed, terminated, or closed without a merits ruling).

How is the asylum grant rate calculated?

Grant rate = (cases with case_outcome of "Relief Granted") divided by (cases with case_outcome of "Relief Granted" or "Remove"). Cases closed administratively - dismissed, terminated, voluntary departure - are excluded from the denominator. This is the standard methodology used by TRAC Immigration (Syracuse) and the Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley).

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Methodology & sources

Primary source
Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley) - FOIA-released EOIR case-level data.
Secondary source
TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University) - independent corroboration of grant-rate aggregates.
Last data refresh
2026-10-23

Statistical data only. Case outcomes depend on case-specific merits, evidence, and counsel quality. This page is provided for informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice or a guarantee of any outcome.