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US Immigration Judge Decisions in Asylum Cases, Jan 2000 to Aug 2004

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NAME	LOCATION	CASES DECIDED	CASES GRANTED	GRANT %
Adam Opaciuch	New York	1352	319	23
Agnelis L. Reese	Oakdale	87	5	5
Alan A. Vomacka	New York	645	24	3
Alan L. Page	New York	427	70	16
Alberto E. Gonzalez	San Francisco	913	565	61
Alberto J. Riefkohl	Newark	731	457	62
Anna Ho	Seattle	511	84	16
Anne J. Greer	Los Angeles	2	0	0
Annette S. Elstein	New York	1275	908	71
Annie S. Garcy	Newark	643	255	39
Anthony Atenaide	San Diego	387	80	20
Anthony J. Randall	New York	1008	442	43
Anthony S. Murry	San Francisco	426	58	13
Anthony T. Giattina	Los Angeles	194	47	24
Barbara A. Nelson	New York	1363	377	27
Bertha A. Zuniga	El Paso	138	59	42
Bette Kane Stockton	San Francisco	833	424	50
Beverley M. Phillips	San Francisco	811	378	46
Billino W D'ambrosio	Boston	162	23	14
Brian H. Simpson	San Francisco	568	122	21
Brigitte Laforest	New York	1478	1025	69
Bruce J. Einhorn	Los Angeles	469	254	54
Bruce M. Barrett	Baltimore	1146	377	32
Bruce W. Solow	Los Angeles	1157	242	20
Carlos Cuevas	Chicago	627	295	47
Carol A. King	San Francisco	612	435	71
Cary H. Copeland	Dallas	885	303	34
Charles A. Del Bene	Los Angeles	464	194	41
Charles A. Wiegand,	New Orleans	74	12	16
Charles Adkins-blanc	New Orleans	7	2	28
Charles E. Pazar	Memphis	990	367	37
Charles J. Sanders	New York	1305	284	21
Charles M. Honeyman	New York	986	422	42
Christine A. Bither	Los Angeles	119	14	11
Christine E. Stancil	Los Angeles	483	235	48
Clarease Rankin Yate	Houston	384	113	29
Clerical Transfer Co	New York	1	1	100
Craig De Bernardis	Philadelphia	407	189	46
Craig M. Zerbe	Chicago	658	284	43
D. Anthony Rogers	Dallas	68	22	32
D.d. Sitgraves	San Pedro	108	38	35
Dana L. Marks	San Francisco	630	424	67
Daniel A. Meisner	Newark	475	114	24
Daniel Echavarren	New York	1	0	0
Darlene R. Seligman	Los Angeles	243	75	30
David Ayala	Dallas	207	83	40
David C. Anderson	New York	314	96	30
David J. Cordova	Denver	479	225	46
David W.crosland	San Francisco	56	8	14
Dayna Dias	Honolulu	605	384	63
Dean A. Levay	Phoenix	172	123	71
Deitrich H. Sims	Dallas	300	49	16
Denise M. Lane	Miami	1167	177	15
Denise N. Slavin	Miami	1262	752	59
Dennis F. Coupe	San Francisco	110	51	46
Dennis R. James	Imperial	66	18	27
Donald V. Ferlise	Philadelphia	864	103	11
Donn L. Livingston	Denver	544	263	48
Dorothy Dunkel-bradl	Los Angeles	421	180	42
Douglas B. Schoppert	New York	1585	1007	63
Edward R. Kandler	San Francisco	971	380	39
Edwin R. Hughes	Dallas	502	287	57
Eleazar Tovar	Harlingen	44	17	38
Elisa M. Sukkar	New York	1111	308	27
Eliza C. Klein	New York	803	347	43
Elizabeth A. Hacker	Detroit	720	129	17
Elizabeth A. Lamb	New York	1317	941	71
Esmeralda Cabrera	Newark	380	204	53
Eugene Pugliese	Newark	536	96	17
Francis L. Cramer	Boston	74	20	27
G. M. Rast	Atlanta	390	60	15
Gabriel C. Videla	New York	1068	348	32
Gail Padgett	Bradenton	9	0	0
Gary D. Burkholder	El Paso	122	13	10
Gaylyn N. Boone	San Diego	226	64	28
George T. Chew	New York	1722	1156	67
George W. Proctor	Los Angeles	182	105	57
Gilbert T. Gembacz	Los Angeles	757	386	50
Gita Anoushirvani	Los Angeles	22	14	63
Gita Vahid-tehrani	Los Angeles	348	165	47
Glenn P. Mcphaul	San Francisco	128	53	41
Grace A. Sease	York	189	25	13
H. Lloyd King Jr.	Miami	389	74	19
Harry L. Gastley	Las Vegas	318	72	22
Helen Sichel	New York	1026	502	48
Henry P. Ipema	Los Angeles	469	176	37
Henry S. Dogin	Newark	1110	416	37
Howard E. Achtsam	Los Fresnos	71	18	25
Howard Van Winkle	Houston	163	31	19
Ignacio P. Fernandez	San Diego	231	78	33
Ingrid K. Hrycenko	Los Angeles	676	280	41
Ira Bank	Los Angeles	501	156	31
Ira Sandron	New York	260	65	25
Irene Weiss	Las Vegas	262	150	57
Irma Lopez Defillo	Guaynabo	145	37	25
Isabel Bronzina	Los Angeles	542	96	17
J. Daniel Dowell	Miami	1249	149	11
J. P. Vandello	Denver	536	171	31
Jack H. Weil	Imperial	117	14	11
Jack W. Staton	Imperial	141	13	9
James R. Fujimoto	Chicago	666	198	29
Jan D. Latimore	Los Angeles	325	101	31
Jay Segal	Los Angeles	680	93	13
Jeffrey L. Romig	Los Angeles	395	65	16
Jeffrey S. Chase	New York	996	425	42
Jeffrey Zlatow	New Orleans	135	23	17
Jennie L. Giambastia	Chicago	245	99	40
Jill H. Dufresne	Baltimore	1002	347	34
Jimmie Lee Benton	Los Angeles	365	62	16
Joan V. Churchill	Arlington	924	159	17
Joanna M. Bukszpan	New York	1014	528	52
Joe D. Miller	New York	74	21	28
John A. Duck, Jr.	San Francisco	164	48	29
John B. Reid	Buffalo	166	16	9
John C. Williams	San Diego	375	142	37
John D. Carte'	Hartford	113	36	31
John D. Taylor	Los Angeles	522	124	23
John F. Gossart, Jr.	Baltimore	1078	381	35
John F. Walsh	Los Angeles	1226	294	23
John Milo Bryant	Arlington	713	215	30
John Opaciuch	New York	1281	131	10
John T. Zastrow	Eloy	14	2	14
John W. Davis	Los Angeles	90	23	25
John W. Richardson	Phoenix	276	201	72
Joseph Dierkes	Bloomington	694	223	32
Joseph M. Ragusa	San Diego	177	44	24
Joseph Russelburg	New York	404	122	30
Keith C. Williams	Miami	868	105	12
Kendall Warren	Seattle	175	20	11
Kenneth A. Bagley	San Diego	286	64	22
Kenneth Josephson	Seattle	1130	335	29
Kenneth S. Hurewitz	Miami	585	58	9
Kevin G. Bradley	Miami	964	104	10
Kristin W. Olmanson	Bloomington	544	110	20
Lamonte S. Freerks	Phoenix	125	27	21
Larry R. Dean	San Francisco	17	6	35
Laura A. Baxter	Arlington	8	4	50
Laura L. Ramirez	San Francisco	711	495	69
Lawrence Di Costanzo	San Francisco	627	373	59
Lawrence O. Burman	Memphis	1091	457	41
Leonard I. Shapiro	New York	629	222	35
Lilliana Torreh-bayo	New York	1292	394	30
Lisa Dornell	Baltimore	1060	544	51
Loreto Geisse	San Francisco	15	6	40
Lorraine J. Munoz	Los Angeles	302	71	23
M. Christopher Grant	Arlington	436	198	45
Mahlon F. Hanson	Miami	1152	37	3
Margaret Burkhart	Los Fresnos	89	74	83
Margaret Mcmanus	New York	1545	1361	88
Margaret R. Reichenb	Elizabeth	620	169	27
Marilyn J. Teeter	San Francisco	481	292	60
Matthew J. D'angelo	Hartford	175	57	32
Matthew T. Adrian	New York	319	201	63
Michael A. Kilroy	Lancaster	220	13	5
Michael C. Horn	New York	675	221	32
Michael F. Rahill	Detroit	34	3	8
Michael H. Bennett	Portland	403	159	39
Michael J. Yamaguchi	San Francisco	423	232	54
Michael K. Suarez	Lancaster	34	3	8
Michael Rocco	Buffalo	211	17	8
Michael W. Straus	Hartford	777	210	27
Mimi S. Yam	San Francisco	252	44	17
Mimi Schooley Yam	San Francisco	139	75	53
Miriam Hayward	San Francisco	623	469	75
Miriam K. Mills	New York	1004	301	29
Mirlande Tadal	Elizabeth	751	284	37
Mitchell A. Levinsky	New York	57	14	24
Nancy R. Mccormack	Miami	1264	227	17
Neale Foster	Miami	255	9	3
Nicole Kim	Newark	115	45	39
Noel A. Ferris	New York	674	318	47
Noel Brennan	New York	167	116	69
O. John Brahos	Chicago	583	139	23
Patricia A. Rohan	New York	1577	1180	74
Patricia Sheppard	Boston	653	263	40
Patrick T. Mcdermott	Los Angeles	161	69	42
Paul A. Nejelski	Arlington	1	1	100
Paul Defonzo	New York	1133	425	37
Paul Grussendorf	Philadelphia	499	247	49
Paul L Johnston	New York	386	80	20
Paul L. Johnston	Atlanta	332	71	21
Paul M. Gagnon	Hartford	370	171	46
Paul W. Schmidt	Arlington	207	116	56
Pedro A. Miranda	New York	960	204	21
Penny M. Smith	El Paso	96	21	21
Philip J. Montante J	Buffalo	335	65	19
Philip L. Morace	New York	2028	1057	52
Philip S. Law	Houston	383	75	19
Phillip T. Williams	San Francisco	12	1	8
Polly A. Webber	San Francisco	766	406	53
R. Kevin Mchugh	Bradenton	181	11	6
Rafael Ortiz-segura	Orlando	1600	747	46
Renee L. Renner	Los Angeles	331	110	33
Renetta Smith	Orlando	599	373	62
Rex J. Ford	Miami	1588	165	10
Richard D. Walton	Los Angeles	662	209	31
Richard F. Brodsky	San Antonio	32	15	46
Richard H. Knuck	Tucson	72	35	48
Richard John Bartolo	San Diego	115	46	40
Richard R. Ozmun	Los Angeles	65	18	27
Rico J. Bartolomei	San Diego	260	75	28
Robert Brown	Houston	279	101	36
Robert D. Newberry	Detroit	1232	385	31
Robert D. Vinikoor	Chicago	914	221	24
Robert D. Weisel	New York	1364	739	54
Robert J. Barrett	San Diego	306	143	46
Robert O. Vicars, Jr	Lancaster	177	37	20
Robert P. Owens	San Francisco	9	4	44
Robert Yeargin	San Francisco	408	76	18
Roberto Moreno	Orlando	813	387	47
Ronald G. Sonom	New York	882	151	17
Ronald L. Mullins	Las Vegas	165	33	20
Ronald N. Ohata	Los Angeles	49	17	34
Rosalind K. Malloy	Philadelphia	822	280	34
Rose Peters	San Pedro	136	66	48
Roxanne C. Hladylowy	New York	1564	407	26
Samuel Der-yeghiayan	Chicago	259	82	31
Sandra S. Coleman	New York	930	727	78
Sandy Hom	New York	1221	100	8
Sarah M. Burr	New York	1436	955	66
Scott C. Alexander	Atlanta	1	1	100
Scott G. Alexander	New York	1163	213	18
Scott M. Jefferies	Phoenix	84	25	29
Sean H. Keenan	Eloy	169	1	0
Seattle Visiting Jud	Portland	7	5	71
Seymour R. Kleinfeld	New York	980	292	29
Stephen E. Mander	Miami	1225	336	27
Stephen L. Sholomson	Los Angeles	628	445	70
Steven R. Abrams	Elizabeth	924	378	40
Susan E. Castro	San Antonio	105	41	39
Susan Yarbrough	Houston	78	13	16
Teofilo Chapa	New York	1305	178	13
Terry A. Bain	New York	1478	1312	88
Terry C. Christian	Detroit	155	58	37
Theresa Holmes-simmo	New York	1338	869	64
Thomas Fong	Los Angeles	368	49	13
Thomas M. Ragno	Boston	272	43	15
Thomas Michael O'lea	Eloy	104	7	6
Tue Phan-quang	San Francisco	496	229	46
Unknown	San Diego	2	1	50
Victoria E. Young	Seattle	95	20	21
Victoria Ghartey	New York	1257	670	53
Visiting Ij9	Arlington	1	1	100
Vivienne Gordon-urua	New York	622	471	75
Walter A. Durling	York	415	120	28
Wayne Iskra	Arlington	872	288	33
Wayne K. Houser, Jr.	New Orleans	219	49	22
Wendell A. Hollis	San Francisco	211	39	18
William A. Cassidy	Atlanta	789	55	6
William C. Peterson	New York	754	183	24
William F. Jankun	New York	771	47	6
William J. Martin	Los Angeles	436	185	42
William J. Nickerson	Lancaster	236	43	18
William Joyce	New York	379	220	58
William K. Zimmer	Houston	397	109	27
William L. Abbott	Eloy	132	24	18
William P. Greene Jr	Guaynabo	2	0	0
William Strasser	Newark	421	279	66
William Van Wyke	Philadelphia	756	617	81
Zsa Zsa Depaolo	Los Angeles	158	30	18

TOTALS.			AVERAGES
	CASES DECIDED	CASES GRANTED	GRANT %
	140428	53472	38

Data in this table was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request to the Executive Office of Immigration Review. It covers the period January 1, 2000 to August 31, 2004. During this period, EOIR disposed of approximately 275,000 applications for asylum, withholding of removal, or relief based on the Convention Against Torture. Of these, approximately half the cases were abandoned, withdrawn, or were disposed of in some "other" way. Immigration Judges entered decisions in the other half of the cases---granting the application (either fully or conditionally) or denying it. Only cases in which decisions were made (grant/conditional grant/deny) are reflected in the data here.

The database was provided to us in Microsoft Access format. You can download a full copy of the database here. It is approximately 82 megabytes, and may take a long time to load.