Zakia Mahasa
Immigration Judge, Baltimore Immigration Court. Appointed August 2018 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 508
- Asylum granted
- 318
- Other relief granted
- 40
- Denied
- 150
- Against own court
- -26.2 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48% | 19% | 3% | 8% | 33% | 75% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 91% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: El Salvador (34.6%), Honduras (18.7%), Guatemala (11%), Nigeria (4.1%), Cameroon (3.9%).
Official biography
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Zakia Mahasa to begin hearing cases in August 2018.Judge Mahasa ear ned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1981from the Universityof Maryland and a Juris Doctor in 1986 from the University of Maryland, Carey School of Law. From 1997 to 2018, she was magistrate in the Circuit Court for Baltimore. From 1992 to 1994,she was a staff attorney and, from 1994 to1997, she was a supervising attorney, both for the House of Ruth domestic violence legal clinic, also in Baltimore. From 1987 to 1992, she was anat torney with the Legal Aid Bureau of Maryland. Judge Mahasa is a member of the Maryland State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Baltimore
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.