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Sherease R. Pratt

Immigration Judge, Annandale Immigration Court. Appointed February 2023.

StrictDenies far more often than the national average+22.4 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Pratt85.3%
Annandale court79.6%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
545
Asylum granted
70
Other relief granted
10
Denied
465
Against own court
+5.7 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY25FY26
78%93%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 71% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Bolivia (17.1%), Honduras (12.5%), El Salvador (11.2%), Peru (10.8%), Venezuela (10.3%).

Official biography

Sherease R. Pratt was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in February 2023. Judge Pratt earned a Bachelor of Science in 1987 from Cornell University and a Juris Doctor in 1993 from Tulane University School of Law. From 2018 to 2022, she was a senior litigation counsel with the Appellate Court Section, Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL), Civil Division, Department of Justice (DOJ). From 2008 to 2018, she served as a trial attorney and later a senior litigation counsel with the District Court Section, OIL. In 2013, while on temporary details, she served as a trial attorney in DOJ's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Criminal Division, and as a special assistant to the Counselor to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Blue Campaign Against Human Trafficking, Office of the Secretary. From 1993 to 2008, she served as a staff attorney in the Offices of the Chief Counsel and General Counsel for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. In 2007 and 2008, while on temporary details, she served as a special assistant U.S. attorney in both the Civil and Criminal Divisions of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Judge Pratt 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

  • Executive Office for Immigration Review · 2023-02-06

    EOIR Announces 23 New Immigration Judges

    EOIR announced the appointment of Sherease R. Pratt as an immigration judge at the Annandale Immigration Court, beginning in February 2023. From 2018 to 2022 she was a senior litigation counsel with the Appellate Court Section, Office of Immigration Litigation.

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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.