Ramin Rastegar
Immigration Judge, Newark Immigration Court. Appointed January 2016 by Loretta E. Lynch.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 507
- Asylum granted
- 111
- Other relief granted
- 72
- Denied
- 324
- Against own court
- -6.4 pts
| FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33% | 19% | 57% | 78% | 86% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 71% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Ecuador (19.7%), Honduras (11%), Guatemala (8.9%), Peru (8.3%), El Salvador (8.1%).
Official biography
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Judge Rastegar to begin hearing cases in January 2016. Judge Rastegar received a Bachelor of Science in 1991 from George Mason University and a Juris Doctor in 1995 from New York Law School. From 2000 through 2015, Judge Rastegar served as assistant chief counsel in the Office of the Chief Counsel, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in New York, N.Y. From 1997 through 2000, Judge Rastegar served as an associate at Barst and Mukamal LLP, in New York, N.Y., and from 1996 through 1997, as an associate in the Law Offices of Ronald Salomon, in New York, N.Y. Judge Rastegar is a member of the Connecticut and New York Bars.
In the record
Executive Office for Immigration Review Swears in Nine Immigration Judges
EOIR announced that Attorney General Loretta Lynch appointed Ramin Rastegar to the Newark Immigration Court, beginning cases in January 2016. From 2000 through 2015 he was an assistant chief counsel in ICE's Office of the Chief Counsel.
Other judges at Newark
Court page →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.