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Inside Immigration

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Adam Panopoulos

Immigration Judge, Elizabeth Immigration Court. Appointed December 2022.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Panopoulos79.1%
Elizabeth court84.7%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
316
Asylum granted
46
Other relief granted
20
Denied
250
Against own court
-5.6 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25
66%81%84%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 79% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Guatemala (12%), Mexico (8.9%), El Salvador (7.9%), Ecuador (7.6%), Honduras (7.6%).

Official biography

Adam G. Panopoulos was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in December 2022. Judge Panopoulos ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2006 from the University of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctor in 2010 from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. From 2014 to 2022, he served as an assistant chief counsel, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in New York City. From 2012 to 2014, he served as an assistant chief counsel, Harlingen suboffice, San Antonio, in Harlingen, Texas. From 2010 to 2012, he served as a judicial law clerk, and later as an attorney advisor, at the Atlanta Immigration Court entering on duty through the Attorney General's Honors Program. Judge Panopoulos is a member of the New York State Bar.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

Other judges at Elizabeth

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About these figures. Denial rates describe outcomes in the cases a judge happened to hear, which differ by detention, nationality and representation. They are not a measure of fairness or competence. Method and sources are on the judges index.