Victoria L. Ghartey
Immigration Judge, Orlando Immigration Court. Appointed September 1995.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 272
- Asylum granted
- 81
- Other relief granted
- 45
- Denied
- 146
- Against own court
- -18.6 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65% | 28% | 48% | 58% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 86% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Honduras (19.1%), Venezuela (14.3%), Guatemala (12.5%), Colombia (10.7%), Mexico (9.6%).
Official biography
Judge Ghartey was appointed as an Immigration Judge in September 1995. Prior to her assignment to the Orlando Immigration Court in June 2003, Judge Gharty served as an Immigration Judge in the New York Immigration Court. She received a Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School in 1986. Judge Ghartey received a Bachelor of Laws degree from University of Ghana in 1970, and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Sydney in 1980. From 1990 to 1995, she was in private practice in Boston. Judge Ghartey served as an assistant general counsel for the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare from 1987 to 1990. She served as an associate/researcher for the Law Offices of Lofton & Morton from 1986 to 1987, also in Boston. From 1972 to 1977, and then from 1982 to 1983, she worked for the Ministry of Justice, Ghana, as a senior state attorney. Judge Ghartey was a principal state counsel for Rivers State Ministry of Justice, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, from 1980 through 1982. She is a member of the Ghana and Massachusetts Bars.
In the record
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Other judges at Orlando
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.