Arya S. Ranasinghe

Immigration Judge, Newark Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.

AverageClose to the national average-5.6 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Ranasinghe57.3%

Newark court70.3%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 393
Asylum granted: 106
Other relief granted: 62
Denied: 225
Against own court: -13.0 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
33%	48%	44%	67%	71%	48%

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: Ecuador (16%), Peru (11.7%), El Salvador (11.5%), Honduras (10.9%), Nigeria (9.9%).

Official biography

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Arya S. Ranasinghe to begin hearing cases in October 2018. Judge Ranasinghe ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. From 2008 to 2018, she served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Newark,New Jersey. From 2007 to 2008, she was an associate attorney at Christophe & Associates, P.C.in New York City. Judge Ranasinghe is a member of the New Jersey State Bar and the New York State Bar.

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

In the record

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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.