Anna Diao

Immigration Judge, New York/Federal Plaza Immigration Court. Appointed November 2023.

StrictDenies more often than the national average+10.6 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Diao73.5%

New York court47.7%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 475
Asylum granted: 108
Other relief granted: 18
Denied: 349
Against own court: +25.8 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24	FY25	FY26
40%	77%	89%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 76% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Official biography

Anna K. Diao was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Diao ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 2002 from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from Fordham University School of Law. From 2007 to 2023, she served as an assistant district attorney for the Queens District Attorney's Office in New York, which included the following positions: chief of the elder fraud unit (2022-2023); supervisor of the intake bureau (2019-2022); and senior assistant district attorney in the economic and environmental crimes bureau (2014-2019). Judge Diao is a member of the New York State Bar.

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

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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.