Lindsy M. Roberts

Immigration Judge, Las Vegas Immigration Court. Appointed November 2018 by Jeff Sessions.

LenientGrants far more often than the national average-33.5 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Roberts29.4%

Las Vegas court36.5%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 635
Asylum granted: 395
Other relief granted: 53
Denied: 187
Against own court: -7.1 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
18%	24%	6%	23%	39%	82%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 70% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Cuba (45%), Mexico (7.6%), Nicaragua (6.9%), El Salvador (6.1%), Venezuela (5.4%).

Official biography

Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Lindsy M. Roberts to begin hearing cases in November 2018. Judge Roberts ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from Washington and Jefferson College and a Juris Doctor in 2003 from the Washington and Lee University School of Law. From 2015 to 2018, she served as an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney's Officefor the District of Nevada, Department of Justice, in Las Vegas. From 2004 to 2015, she was an associate attorney and principal attorney with Goodman, Allen & Filetti PLLC, in Norfolk,Virginia. Judge Roberts is a member of the Virginia State 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.