Roopal Patel

Immigration Judge, Boston Immigration Court. Appointed May 2024.

LenientGrants more often than the national average-7.7 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Patel55.2%

Boston court52.6%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 743
Asylum granted: 294
Other relief granted: 39
Denied: 410
Against own court: +2.6 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24	FY25	FY26
56%	52%	64%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 92% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Brazil (61.4%), Colombia (8.2%), Ecuador (6.9%), Angola (5.2%), Guatemala (4%).

Official biography

Roopal B. Patel was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in May 2024. Judge Patel ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from Harvard University and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from New York University School of Law. From 2014 to 2024, she was a senior staff attorney at Manhattan Legal Services where she worked on a wide variety of cases, including immigration cases. From 2011 to 2013, she was a staff attorney at the Brennan Center for Justice. Judge Patel 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.