Ghunise L. Coaxum
Immigration Judge, Atlanta W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court. Appointed August 2023.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 690
- Asylum granted
- 16
- Other relief granted
- 46
- Denied
- 628
- Against own court
- +8.6 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93% | 83% | 93% | 92% |
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.
In the record
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