New York · est. 2013Friday, September 4, 2026
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Lucy Baez

Immigration Judge, New York/Federal Plaza Immigration Court. Appointed October 2022.

StrictDenies far more often than the national average+27.9 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Baez90.8%
New York court47.7%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
119
Asylum granted
8
Other relief granted
3
Denied
108
Against own court
+43.1 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY26
91%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 74% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: China (22.7%), Ecuador (19.3%), Russia (6.7%), Venezuela (5.9%), Colombia (5%).

Official biography

Lucy Baez was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in October 2022. Judge Baez ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from Fordham University and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from Fordham University Law School. From 2021 to 2022, she served as a supervisory attorney advisor with the Board of Immigration Appeals, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice in Falls Church, Virginia. From 2019 to 2021, she served as a supervisory immigration services officer with the External Affairs Directorate with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security in New York. From 2016 to 2019, she served as an asylum officer and supervisory asylum officer with the Refugee Asylum and International Operations Directorate with USCIS in Lyndhurst, New Jersey and Bethpage, New York, respectively. From 2012 to 2016, she was first a staff attorney and then a supervising staff attorney for Church World Service in New York. From 2011 to 2012, she was an attorney for the New York Legal Assistance Group. From 2009 to 2011, she was the staff attorney for Central American Refugee Center in Hempstead, New York. Judge Baez is a member of 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.