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Denise A. Marks Lane

Immigration Judge, Miami Immigration Court. Appointed September 1994.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Lane65.5%
Miami court71.5%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
322
Asylum granted
60
Other relief granted
51
Denied
211
Against own court
-6.0 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
79%65%57%52%69%

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

Docket

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

Most common nationalities: Guatemala (19.3%), Nicaragua (15.8%), Venezuela (12.4%), Honduras (11.8%), Cuba (11.5%).

Official biography

Judge Lane was appointed as an Immigration Judge in September 1994. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University in 1983, and a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center in 1986. From 1989 to 1994, Judge Lane served as a staff attorney with the Board of Immigration Appeals, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), in Falls Church, Virginia, before being appointed as an Immigration Judge. From 1987 to 1989, she worked as a trial attorney for the former Immigration and Naturalization Service in New York. Judge Lane also served as a judicial law clerk, Office of the Chief Immigration Judge, EOIR, from 1986 to 1987. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar.

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

In the record

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

Other judges at Miami

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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.