Anna C. Little
Immigration Judge, Newark Immigration Court. Appointed March 2019 by Matthew Whitaker.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 142
- Asylum granted
- 86
- Other relief granted
- 0
- Denied
- 56
- Against own court
- -30.9 pts
| FY23 |
|---|
| 38% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 96% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Ecuador (39.4%), Brazil (37.3%), Honduras (8.5%), Guatemala (5.6%), Haiti (4.2%).
Official biography
Then-Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker appointed Anna C. Little to begin hearing cases in March 2019. Judge Little earned a Business Certificate in 1988 from Sophia University Tokyo Japan, a Bachelor of Arts in 1989 from Seton Hall University, and a Juris Doctor in 1992from Seton Hall University School of Law. From 1994 to 2018, she was a solo practitioner in Highlands, New Jersey. From 2008 to 2010, she served as mayor of Highlands. From 2006 to2007, she served as freeholder, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Judge Little is a member of the New Jersey State Bar and the Pennsylvania Bar.
In the record
Tea Party firebrand Anna Little has become one of the nation's most immigrant-friendly judges
Reports that former Tea Party congressional candidate and Highlands, NJ mayor Anna Little, appointed an immigration judge in 2019, has an 84.5% overall asylum grant rate across San Francisco, Newark, and New York courts, far above the national average, citing TRAC data.
Other judges at Newark
Court page →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.