Newark Immigration Court
970 Broad Street, Suite 1200, Newark, NJ 07102. 24 judges with a published asylum record; the court denied 70.3% of asylum cases against 62.9% nationally.
Handles cases from
Jurisdiction map →- NEWARK, NJ - DHS DISTRICT OFFICE (including any sub-offices)
Judges
| Judge | Appointed | Decisions | Denial rate | Leaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Moore | October 2022 | 120 | 100.0% | Strict |
| Karen Nazaire | October 2022 | 207 | 99.0% | Strict |
| Maria I. Akalski | December 2022 | 1,993 | 93.3% | Strict |
| Steve Mannion | October 2021 | 428 | 92.3% | Strict |
| Nicole Lane | August 2022 | 1,339 | 83.3% | Strict |
| Michael Martin Neal | November 2024 | 629 | 83.0% | Strict |
| Shana W. Chen | March 2019 | 898 | 80.3% | Strict |
| Denise A. Hinds Roach | June 2020 | 189 | 75.7% | Strict |
| Richard Bailey | December 2022 | 553 | 74.7% | Strict |
| Pallavi S. Shirole | October 2019 | 476 | 73.9% | Strict |
| Laura N. Pierro | October 2019 | 434 | 68.0% | Average |
| Adam Panopoulos | December 2022 | 179 | 67.6% | Average |
| Dennis Ryan | November 2023 | 384 | 67.2% | Average |
| Tamar H. Wilson | March 2019 | 521 | 66.8% | Average |
| Ramin Rastegar | January 2016 | 507 | 63.9% | Average |
| Jason L. Pope | May 2019 | 470 | 59.1% | Average |
| David Cheng | July 2017 | 374 | 58.3% | Average |
| Leila McNeill Mullican | March 2020 | 876 | 58.2% | Average |
| Arya S. Ranasinghe | October 2018 | 393 | 57.3% | Average |
| Alberto J. Riefkohl | March 1995 | 832 | 47.1% | Lenient |
| Anna C. Little | March 2019 | 142 | 39.4% | Lenient |
| Shifra Rubin | January 2016 | 363 | 38.6% | Lenient |
| Amanda Jeannopoulos | 1999 | 339 | 38.1% | Lenient |
| Leo A. Finston | October 2010 | 587 | 37.8% | Lenient |