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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Dennis Ryan

Immigration Judge, Newark Immigration Court. Appointed November 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Ryan67.2%
Newark court70.3%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
384
Asylum granted
42
Other relief granted
84
Denied
258
Against own court
-3.1 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24FY26
71%64%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 66% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Ecuador (19.5%), Colombia (16.7%), Peru (16.1%), Brazil (8.6%), Honduras (7.3%).

Official biography

Dennis James Ryan Jr. was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Ryan ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2009 from Loyola College in Maryland and a Juris Doctor in 2013 from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. From 2020 to 2023, he served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in New York City. From 2018 to 2020, he served as assistant corporation counsel with the New York City Office of Corporation Counsel. From 2013 to 2018, he served as an assistant district attorney with the Nassau County District Attorney's Office on Long Island, New York. Judge Ryan is a member of the Florida Bar, the New Jersey State Bar, and the New York State 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 Newark

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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.