Sameer Ahmed
Immigration Judge, Chelmsford Immigration Court. Appointed August 2023.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 162
- Asylum granted
- 131
- Other relief granted
- 11
- Denied
- 20
- Against own court
- -50.0 pts
| FY25 |
|---|
| 13% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 93% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Guatemala (27.2%), Brazil (14.8%), Ecuador (11.1%), Honduras (7.4%), Angola (5.6%).
Official biography
Sameer Ahmed was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in August 2023. Judge Ahmed earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from Stanford University, a Master of Science in 2005 from the University of London, a Master of Studies in 2007 from the University of Oxford, and a Juris Doctor in 2009 from Yale Law School. From 2020 to 2023, he was a clinical instructor at the Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program at Harvard Law School. From 2019 to 2020, he was an assistant teaching professor at Northeastern University School of Law. From 2017 to 2019, he was an attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. From 2015 to 2017, and previously from 2013 to 2014, he was an attorney at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in Boston. From 2014 to 2015, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Kermit V. Lipez, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. From 2011 to 2013, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. From 2009 to 2011, he was a Skadden fellow at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund in New York, New York. Judge Ahmed is a member of the Massachusetts Bar and the New York State Bar.
In the record
'Department of Injustice': Fired Chelmsford immigration court judge blows whistle on perceived political purge
The Lowell Sun reports that Chelmsford Immigration Court judges Sameer Ahmed and George Pappas were told by email that they would be terminated under Article II with no stated reason. Pappas describes the removals as part of a nationwide purge of judges seen as out of step with the administration.
EOIR Announces 38 New Immigration Judges
EOIR announced the appointment of Sameer Ahmed as an immigration judge at the Boston Immigration Court, beginning in August 2023. The notice lists degrees from Stanford University, the University of London, the University of Oxford and Yale Law School.
Other judges at Chelmsford
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.