Dorothy A. Harbeck
Immigration Judge, New York/Federal Plaza Immigration Court. Appointed September 2006.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 1,120
- Asylum granted
- 604
- Other relief granted
- 69
- Denied
- 447
- Against own court
- -7.8 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12% | 16% | 18% | 11% | 14% | 83% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 77% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: China (24.2%), Ecuador (12.7%), Bangladesh (7.3%), India (7.1%), El Salvador (4.8%).
Official biography
Dorothy A. Harbeck was appointed as an immigration judge in September 2006. She received a bachelor of arts degree in 1984 from Wellesley College and a juris doctorate in 1989 from Seton Hall University School of Law. She received a certificate in trial advocacy skills from the National Institute of Trial Advocacy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. From 1990 to September 2006, Judge Harbeck was in private practice in Trenton and Red Bank, N.J. She is a former New Jersey Superior Court arbitrator and an accredited mediator. She is a member of the New Jersey and New York bars.
In the record
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Other judges at New York
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.