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Inside Immigration

Plain-language guides to US immigration, asylum and USCIS procedure.

Immigration judges

Hyattsville Immigration Court

3311 Toledo Road,, Ste. 105, Hyattsville, MD 20782. 22 judges with a published asylum record; the court denied 57.6% of asylum cases against 62.9% nationally.

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Judges

median denial rate 57.9%
JudgeAppointedDecisionsDenial rateLeaning
Irma DiazNovember 202467686.7%Strict
June LeeNovember 202370977.3%Strict
Elizabeth A. KesslerJanuary 200661575.9%Strict
Ana Lorena QuirosNovember 202445573.0%Strict
Mark K. BrooksDecember 202035068.9%Average
Thanos KanellakosOctober 202158267.7%Average
Matthew BohrerMarch 202220367.5%Average
John S. RubensteinMarch 202285665.0%Average
Rajesh MathewMay 202434464.8%Average
Ann WelhafOctober 202233661.6%Average
Alison IgoeDecember 202165157.9%Average
Rebecca NiburgOctober 202274457.4%Average
David M. JonesMarch 201992955.0%Lenient
Tanisha BowensAugust 202271853.3%Lenient
Dinesh C. VermaNovember 201776253.3%Lenient
Sondra J. Miller-WeinNovember 202340450.2%Lenient
Davene WalkerNovember 202331850.0%Lenient
Kathleen ReillyDecember 202126547.5%Lenient
Phillip T. WilliamsApril 199726940.5%Lenient
Ayodele GansalloMarch 202223427.4%Lenient
Claudia CubasMarch 202246521.7%Lenient
David C. KoelschAugust 201864020.9%Lenient