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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Ryan Fisher

Immigration Judge, Atlanta W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court. Appointed March 2020 by William P. Barr.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Fisher86.1%
Atlanta court82.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
801
Asylum granted
41
Other relief granted
70
Denied
690
Against own court
+3.7 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
71%88%75%74%93%90%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 77% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Venezuela (18.4%), Mexico (18.2%), Guatemala (14.7%), Honduras (9.5%), Nicaragua (8.5%).

Official biography

Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Ryan A. Fisher as an immigration judge in March 2020. Judge Fisher ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 2006 from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Juris Doctor in 2010 from the University of Georgia School of Law. From2016 to 2020, he served as an assistant district attorney for the Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office, in Lawrenceville, Georgia. From 2012 to 2016, he served as an assistant solicitor general for the Gwinnett County Solicitor General's Office, in Lawrenceville, Georgia. From 2010 to 2012, he was an associate attorney with Thompson, Sweeny, Kinsinger, & Pereira PC, in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Judge Fisher is a member of the Georgia State 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.

Other judges at Atlanta

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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.