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Denise A. Hinds Roach

Immigration Judge, Newark Immigration Court. Appointed June 2020 by William P. Barr.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Roach75.7%
Newark court70.3%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
189
Asylum granted
39
Other relief granted
7
Denied
143
Against own court
+5.4 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22
83%69%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 97% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: El Salvador (28%), Guatemala (15.9%), Honduras (13.2%), Mexico (6.3%), Ecuador (4.8%).

Official biography

Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Denise A. Hinds Roach as an immigration judge in June 2020. Judge Hinds Roach ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1982 from Duquesne University anda Juris Doctor in 1986 from Duquesne University School of Law. From 2012 to 2019, she serve das a family court judge, in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. During her term as a family court judge, she also served as a designated Supreme Court justice on the U.S. Virgin Islands Supreme Court. From 1994 to 2012, she served as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of the Virgin Islands, in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. During that time, from 2006 to 2007,she also served as deputy criminal chief, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of the Virgin Islands. In 1994, she served as an assistant attorney general with the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice. From 1991 to 1994, she served as an assistant solicitor with the Fulton County Solicitor's Office, in Atlanta. Judge Hinds Roach is a member of the Georgia State Bar,Pennsylvania State Bar, and U.S. Virgin Islands Bar.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

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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.