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Inside Immigration

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

Immigration judges

Roger F. Sagerman

Immigration Judge, New York - Varick. Appointed September 2006.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Sagerman64.1%
New York - DET court60.9%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
181
Asylum granted
56
Other relief granted
9
Denied
116
Against own court
+3.2 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25
83%70%46%63%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 97% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Official biography

Roger Frederick Sagerman was appointed as an immigration judge in September 2006. He received a bachelor of arts degree in 1988 from Tufts University and a juris doctorate in 1993 from the University of Buffalo. He also received a certificate in strategic intelligence in 2003 from the Joint Military Intelligence College. From July 1998 to September 2006, Judge Sagerman served in various positions at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in Washington, D.C., including Chief of the Enforcement Law Division, appellate counsel, and an associate general counsel. From April 1996 to June 1998, he served as an assistant district counsel for the INS in Napanoch and Fishkill, N.Y. Judge Sagerman is a member of the New York and Colorado 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.

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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.