Eva S. Saltzman
Immigration Judge, Chicago Immigration Court. Appointed August 2016 by Loretta E. Lynch.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 569
- Asylum granted
- 359
- Other relief granted
- 69
- Denied
- 141
- Against own court
- -24.2 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37% | 15% | 15% | 20% | 41% | 51% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 86% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Nigeria (14.4%), Mexico (10.2%), Honduras (9.3%), Venezuela (8.3%), Guatemala (6.7%).
Official biography
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Eva S. Saltzman to begin hearing cases in August 2016. Judge Saltzman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1999 from the University of Wisconsin and a Juris Doctor in 2002 from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. From 2006 to July 2016, she served as a supervisory staff attorney for the Staff Attorney's Office, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York. From 2005 through 2006, she served as an associate attorney for Wildes, Weinberg, Grunblatt & Wildes PC, in New York. From 2002 through 2005, she served as an associate attorney for Avirom & Associates LLP, in New York. Judge Saltzman is a member of the Connecticut, District of Columbia, and New York State Bars.
In the record
EOIR Swears in Five Immigration Judges
EOIR announced that Attorney General Loretta Lynch appointed Eva S. Saltzman among five new immigration judges invested at a July 2016 ceremony in the ceremonial courtroom of the E. Barrett Prettyman courthouse in Washington.
Odalis Sandoval Alonzo v. Attorney General United States
A Third Circuit opinion on a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order names Eva S. Saltzman as the immigration judge in the underlying removal proceedings involving Odalis Sandoval-Alonzo and her child.
Judge Orders Release Of Cancer Patient's Father Arrested By ICE, Citing No Criminal Record
Block Club Chicago reports that at a bond hearing Immigration Judge Eva S. Saltzman set a $2,000 bond for Torres Maldonado, the father of a teenager undergoing chemotherapy, saying she saw nothing in the record indicating he was a danger.
2 more Chicago immigration judges fired as court becomes epicenter of deportation orders
Reporting carried by The Spokesman-Review says Immigration Judge Eva Saltzman was fired from the Chicago Immigration Court alongside Elizabeth Crites, and that Saltzman had issued the fewest removal orders of the group, just 33.
Other judges at Chicago
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.