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Immigration judges

Dorothy A. Harbeck

Immigration Judge, New York/Federal Plaza Immigration Court. Appointed September 2006.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Harbeck39.9%
New York court47.7%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
1,120
Asylum granted
604
Other relief granted
69
Denied
447
Against own court
-7.8 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
12%16%18%11%14%83%

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

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.

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.

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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.