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Stuart A. Siegel

Immigration Judge, Krome North Service Processing Center. Appointed April 2017 by Loretta E. Lynch.

StrictDenies more often than the national average+18.3 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Siegel81.2%
Miami - Krome court85.1%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
345
Asylum granted
20
Other relief granted
45
Denied
280
Against own court
-3.9 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
71%86%81%91%71%85%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 60% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Cuba (16.2%), Haiti (15.4%), Nicaragua (9%), Guatemala (8.7%), Venezuela (7.8%).

Official biography

Former Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Stuart A. Siegel to begin hearing cases in April 2017. Judge Siegel ear ned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984 from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor in 1987 from the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. From December 1997 to March 2017, he served as an Assistant Chief Counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security in Pompano Beach, Fla. From 1994 to 1997 he was an associate attorney with Adorno & Zeder, PA, in West Palm Beach, Fla. From 1992 to 1994 he served as an administrative law judge for the New York City Department of Transportation. Prior to that role, he was a solo practitioner at the law offices of Stuart A. Siegel, Esq. Judge Siegel also served as assistant district attorney for Nassau County, N.Y., from 1987 to 1992. He was commissioned into the U.S. Army Reserves, Judge Advocate General in September 1994, and continues to serve. Judge Siegel is a member of the Florida Bar and the New York 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.

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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.