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Inside Immigration

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Ghunise L. Coaxum

Immigration Judge, Atlanta W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court. Appointed August 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Coaxum91.0%
Atlanta court82.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
690
Asylum granted
16
Other relief granted
46
Denied
628
Against own court
+8.6 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25FY26
93%83%93%92%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 82% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Mexico (21.4%), Venezuela (14.3%), Guatemala (11.7%), Colombia (10%), Honduras (9.9%).

Official biography

Ghunise L. Coaxum was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in August 2023. Judge Coaxum ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 1991 from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor in 1995 from the University of Florida College of Law (now known as the Frederic G. Levin College of Law). From 2000 to 2023, she was bar counsel at the Florida Bar in Orlando, Florida. From 1998 to 2000, she was a senior attorney with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Real Estate, in Orlando. From 1996 to 1998, she was an assistant public defender with the Office of the Public Defender, 9th Judicial Circuit in Orlando. Judge Coaxum is a member of the Florida Bar.

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

In the record

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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.