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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Monica Neumann

Immigration Judge, Miami Immigration Court. Appointed August 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Neumann86.4%
Miami court71.5%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
448
Asylum granted
28
Other relief granted
33
Denied
387
Against own court
+14.9 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24FY25FY26
70%91%88%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 75% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Colombia (23%), Mexico (15.8%), Guatemala (12.9%), Haiti (9.4%), Peru (8%).

Official biography

Monica Barba Neuman was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in August 2023. Judge Neumann ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 2004 from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor in 2008 from Florida International University College of Law. From 2016 to 2023, she served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Miami. From 2015 to 2016, she served as an asylum officer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS, in Miami. She was in private practice at Monica Barba PA in Miami from 2009 to 2010 and at Grisel Ybarra PA in Miami from 2010 to 2015, represent ing cases before EOIR, USCIS, state criminal courts, and state family courts. Judge Neumann is a member of the Florida 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.