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Inside Immigration

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Sarah B. Mazzie

Immigration Judge, Fort Snelling Immigration Court. Appointed April 2017 by Loretta E. Lynch.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Mazzie80.2%
Bloomington court80.0%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
747
Asylum granted
118
Other relief granted
30
Denied
599
Against own court
+0.2 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
96%73%76%75%84%90%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 78% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Ecuador (16.9%), Guatemala (10.8%), Mexico (9.8%), Honduras (9.4%), Nicaragua (8.3%).

Official biography

Former Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Sarah B. Mazzie to begin hearing cases in April 2017. Judge Mazzie ear ned a Bachelor of Science degree in 2002 from The University of Wisconsin–Madison and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the DePaul University College of Law. From 2014 to March 2017, she served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Fort Snelling, Minn., and from 2011 to 2014 in Lumpkin, Ga. Judge Mazzie practiced law in Madison, Wis., as a partner in her own firm Gennerman, Mazzie-Briscoe Law Group from 2008 through 2011, and as an associate attorney with Sipsma, Hahn & Brophy from 2007 to 2008. From 2006 through 2007, she served as an immigration attorney for the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Judge Mazzie is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

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.