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Inside Immigration

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Julia E. Egy

Immigration Judge, Sterling Immigration Court. Appointed August 2022.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Egy71.2%
Sterling court71.6%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
719
Asylum granted
182
Other relief granted
25
Denied
512
Against own court
-0.4 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25FY26
39%51%71%84%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 90% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: El Salvador (21.6%), Honduras (20.7%), Peru (11%), Guatemala (9.3%), Venezuela (5.1%).

Official biography

Julia E. Egy was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in August 2022. Judge Egy ear ned a Bachelor of Journalism in 1997 from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Juris Doctor in 2002 from American University Washington College of Law. From 2014 to 2022, she served as a senior panel attorney with the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Executive Office for Immigration Review. From 2012 to 2014, she served as a supervisory attorney, and from 2004 to 2012, as an attorney advisor, with the BIA. From 2003 to 2004, she was in private practice. From 2002 to 2003, she served as a judicial law clerk for the Baltimore, Philadelphia, and York immigration courts. Judge Egy is a member of the Missouri Bar.

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.