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Inside Immigration

Plain-language guides to US immigration, asylum and USCIS procedure.

Immigration judges

Phillip T. Williams

Immigration Judge, Hyattsville Immigration Court. Appointed April 1997.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

TRAC source →
Judge Williams40.5%
Hyattsville court57.6%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
269
Asylum granted
148
Other relief granted
12
Denied
109
Against own court
-17.1 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25
41%27%46%57%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 96% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: El Salvador (25.3%), Cameroon (17.8%), Honduras (10.8%), Peru (6.7%), Ethiopia (5.9%).

Official biography

Judge Williams was appointed as an ACIJ in April 1997. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 from Temple University, a Master of Arts degree in 1981 from Howard University, and a Juris Doctorate in 1986 from Howard University School of Law. From March 1995 to March 1997, Judge Williams served as an Immigration Judge in New York. From 1987 to 1995, he was an attorney for Maggio & Kattar in Washington, DC. Judge Williams worked as a DC pre-trial services officer from 1984 to 1986. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania Bars.

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.

Other judges at Hyattsville

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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.