Chevone Teranza Sanon

Immigration Judge, New York/Federal Plaza Immigration Court. Appointed November 2024.

AverageClose to the national average+2.3 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Sanon65.2%

New York court47.7%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 293
Asylum granted: 91
Other relief granted: 11
Denied: 191
Against own court: +17.5 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY25	FY26
62%	70%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 84% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Guinea (100%).

Official biography

Chevone Teranza Sanon was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2024. Judge Sanon ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a Juris Doctor in 2005 from CUNY School of Law. From 2019 to 2024, she was at the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles in the Traffic Violations Bureau in New York serving in the following positions: senior administrative law judge (2021-2024) and administrative law judge (2019-2021). From 2018 to 2019, she served as a senior attorney at the New York State Department of Financial Services in New York. From 2016 to 2018, she served as a senior attorney at the New York State Division of Human Rights in New York. Judge Sanon 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.