David Cheng
Immigration Judge, Newark Immigration Court. Appointed July 2017 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 374
- Asylum granted
- 92
- Other relief granted
- 64
- Denied
- 218
- Against own court
- -12.0 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76% | 84% | 58% | 16% | 56% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 73% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Honduras (11%), Colombia (10.7%), El Salvador (10.2%), Guatemala (10.2%), Ecuador (9.9%).
Official biography
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed David Cheng to begin hearing cases in July 2017. Judge Cheng ear ned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1992 from the State University of New York at Albany and a Juris Doctor in 1997 from St. John's University School of Law. From 2002 to 2017, he served as a senior attorney for the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Newark, N.J. From 2000 to 2002, he served as an administrative law judge for the New York City Department of Finance. From 1997 to 2000, he was a general partner at Cheng and Cheng P.C., in New York, N.Y. Judge Cheng is a member of the New York State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Newark
Court page →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.