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Inside Immigration

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

Immigration judges

New York/Federal Plaza Immigration Court

26 Federal Plaza, 12th Floor, Room 1237, New York, NY 10278. 76 judges with a published asylum record; the court denied 47.7% of asylum cases against 62.9% nationally.

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Judges

median denial rate 44.5%
JudgeAppointedDecisionsDenial rateLeaning
Linda HristovaMarch 202613298.5%Strict
John BurnsDecember 20201,56696.1%Strict
Lucy BaezOctober 202211990.8%Strict
James McKeeOctober 20201,09885.4%Strict
Jesse B. ChristensenOctober 20101,74183.6%Strict
Adam PerlApril 20211,56281.0%Strict
Tiesha PealOctober 20221,27778.6%Strict
Shirley Lazare-RaphaelDecember 20201,84275.8%Strict
Fayaz HabibMay 202437275.3%Strict
Carrie C. Johnson-PapilloMarch 20191,09675.0%Strict
Anna DiaoNovember 202347573.5%Strict
Shasha XuAugust 202341272.1%Strict
Gioia MaiellanoDecember 202283769.7%Average
Scott BrattonOctober 202259068.8%Average
Kalenna LeeMay 202363568.5%Average
Karen NazaireOctober 202235567.6%Average
Jennifer ChungJanuary 20201,68066.7%Average
Diane DoddJanuary 202039366.4%Average
John SiemietkowskiJanuary 202099065.9%Average
Carol MooreOctober 202277565.8%Average
Chevone Teranza SanonNovember 202429365.2%Average
Dania NassarOctober 20221,25964.7%Average
Carolyn KrasinskiMarch 202082061.5%Average
Jonathan ReingoldOctober 202287059.4%Average
James M. McCarthyJuly 201790457.1%Average
Robert GundlachMarch 20201,32256.9%Average
Amanda Jeannopoulos199957756.7%Average
Barbara A. NelsonSeptember 19951,02055.6%Lenient
Aviva L. PoczterDecember 201082955.1%Lenient
Tanawa LebretonOctober 202064551.9%Lenient
Deborah E. KlahrOctober 20191,33151.8%Lenient
Cathy SagesseOctober 20191,31049.8%Lenient
Michael LloydJune 202038049.7%Lenient
Andrew CalvelliMarch 20201,10549.6%Lenient
Edward GroganOctober 202038349.6%Lenient
Virna A. WrightOctober 20101,14148.1%Lenient
Samuel M. FactorOctober 201873744.9%Lenient
Brigitte LaforestApril 199761844.5%Lenient
Carol A. CrawfordDecember 202181743.9%Lenient
Dorothy A. HarbeckSeptember 20061,12039.9%Lenient
Lena GolovninAugust 201880739.7%Lenient
Maria UbarriDecember 202022239.6%Lenient
Anna C. LittleMarch 20191,19838.4%Lenient
Edwin PietersJuly 202113438.1%Lenient
Donald W. ThompsonApril 20171,34538.1%Lenient
Kyle DandeletMarch 20221,06037.7%Lenient
Thomas BartlesonJune 202085837.4%Lenient
Dianna Michelle Mart�nez SolerNovember 202339235.7%Lenient
Michael G. McFarlandAugust 20181,11535.1%Lenient
Lorianne Campanella198737634.3%Lenient
Jem C. SponzoFebruary 201784229.9%Lenient
Maria E. NavarroAugust 201757625.0%Lenient
Lauren T. FarberApril 201740223.9%Lenient
Scott ThomsenMarch 202068823.1%Lenient
William McDermottApril 202154121.3%Lenient
Cynthia GordonAugust 201865016.5%Lenient
F. James Loprest Jr.October 201063616.2%Lenient
Alice SegalOctober 201081815.0%Lenient
Evalyn P. DouchyMarch 201694813.2%Lenient
Theodora N. KourisOctober 201985613.1%Lenient
Randa Zagzoug–98112.8%Lenient
Carmen Rey CaldasMarch 202215712.7%Lenient
Frederic G. LeedsMarch 200679612.2%Lenient
Douglas B. SchoppertMay 199740512.1%Lenient
Lori AdamsOctober 202176611.7%Lenient
Olivia L. CassinJune 201557510.3%Lenient
David KimOctober 20224668.6%Lenient
Amit ChughJune 20151858.1%Lenient
Noel A. BrennanAugust 20035457.7%Lenient
Amiena KhanDecember 20104477.4%Lenient
Maria LuryeApril 20177567.3%Lenient
Mimi TsankovNovember 20066356.5%Lenient
Raisa CohenMarch 20164516.0%Lenient
Andrea KoppenhoferJune 20201686.0%Lenient
Lisa EhrensOctober 20195795.9%Lenient
Vivienne E. Gordon-UruakpaJune 20026751.6%Lenient