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Lucero Saldana Mistry

Immigration Judge, Boston Immigration Court. Appointed May 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Mistry63.1%
Boston court52.6%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
312
Asylum granted
111
Other relief granted
4
Denied
197
Against own court
+10.5 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24
62%64%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 95% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Brazil (60.3%), El Salvador (8%), Guatemala (6.1%), Peru (4.2%), Honduras (3.5%).

Official biography

Lucero M. Saldana Mistry was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in May 2023. Judge Saldana Mistry ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2006 from the Florida Atlantic University and a Juris Doctor in 2009 from the Florida Coastal School of Law. From 2017 to 2023, she worked at Frank Hiscock Legal Aid Society (HLAS) in New York where she served as pro bono counsel and held the following positions: deputy executive director (2022-2023); supervising attorney (2019-2022); and staff attorney (2017-2019). From 2013 to 2017, she was in private practice at U.S. Immigration Assist PA in Florida. From 2010 to 2013, she was an associate attorney at the Law Offices of Morano International PA in Florida. Judge Saldana Mistry is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, the Florida Bar, and the New York 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.