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Immigration Judges at the Miami Immigration Court - Asylum Decision Statistics

Aggregated asylum decision statistics across all immigration judges currently sitting at the Miami Immigration Court, based on FOIA-released EOIR data.

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Latest 12-month grant rate

2.1%

Asylum decisions, trailing 12 months

Lifetime total cases

106,592

All recorded asylum decisions

FY2026 court average

2.1%

Complete fiscal year: Oct 2025 – Sep 2026

Before the 2025 change

21.0%

FY2024 baseline: Oct 2023 – Sep 2024

FY2024 was the last full fiscal year before the January 2025 asylum-policy changes, so it is kept fixed as a before-and-after baseline rather than updated. More cases now close administratively, which shifts the merit-decision mix and is why the later figures are much lower.

Last data refresh

2026-10-23

From Deportation Data Project FOIA release

Monthly grant-rate trend

0%25%50%75%100%
Monthly grant-rate data
MonthGrant rate
2025-103.0%
2025-112.6%
2025-126.2%
2026-011.8%
2026-020.7%
2026-032.6%
2026-041.1%
2026-055.7%
2026-063.2%
2026-071.0%
2026-081.4%
2026-091.3%

Which immigration judges work at the Miami Immigration Court?

The table below lists every judge with substantive asylum case volume in the last 24 months at the Miami Immigration Court. The 12-month grant rate column reflects the trailing year ending 2026-10-23. Lifetime cases counts all recorded asylum decisions for each judge across the FOIA-released dataset.

Judge12-month grant rateLifetime cases
Alexander, Scott G.1.8%5,601
Araneta, Michelle1.6%1,332
Ayze, Thomas0.7%1,750
Balasquide, Javier E.1.8%2,371
Bonet, Illya-Karina J.0.0%105
Bradley, Kevin G.-2,114
Brown, Charlotte D.-391
Brown, Sam, IV-6
Burgess, Abraham L.3.7%1,431
Chapa, Teofilo-3,377
Cole, Timothy M.-638
Coleman, Sandra S.-1,696
Crews, John G., II-2
Crosland, David W.-473
Cruce-Haag, Ann0.0%252
De Jongh, Lourdes Rodriguez20.0%978
Dill, William0.0%117
Doolittle, John R., II-4
Dowell, J. Daniel0.2%5,050
Falcone, Jennifer0.0%178
Ford, Nicholas R-6
Ford, Rex J.-2,385
Foster, Neale-15
Garcia, Madeline1.3%2,027
Gastley, Harry L.-129
Geiger, Brett-1
Gillies, John M.-5
Gonzalez, Maithe0.8%133
Goodwin, Deborah K.-622
Gossart, John F., JR.-1
Gross, Michael J.0.0%339
Hansell, Renae M.-8
Hanson, Mahlon F.-2,998
Harris, Rodger C.-581
Herman, Lakshmi0.0%748
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.-1
Holliday, Carey R.-983
Holyoak, Dalin R.3.6%1,307
Horn, Michael C.-3,113
Houser, Wayne K., JR.-1
Juelle, Carlos R.-7
Khan, Anwer A.-7
Khanna, Rohit-195
Kim, Morgan C.1.3%322
King JR., H. Lloyd-1,058
Kleinfeld, Seymour R.-1,754
Koelsch, David C.-17
Lane, Denise A. Marks8.8%4,737
Lee, Mary C.-5
Lopez-Enriquez, Maria-636
Maingot, Anthony E.6.7%1,366
Mander, Stephen E.5.9%4,529
Marquez, Charlotte S.-3
Marsteller, Eric W.-4
Mart, H. Kevin-436
Martinez Joseph0.0%257
Martinez-Esquivel, Lourdes5.4%2,750
Masters, Todd A.-8
Mateo, Rene D.1.4%1,354
Mccormack, Nancy R.-2,629
Mcguirk, Erica J.-6
Mendez, Francisco-2
Metcalf, Mark H.-598
Midgley, Ian D.-122
Miranda, Pedro A.-2,902
Mitchell, Kyle V.0.4%223
Moreno, Roberto-4
Navarro, Maria E.-3
Nettles, Marsha K.0.6%945
Neumann, Monica1.5%476
Nguyen, Bao Q.-13
Opaciuch, Adam-866
Opaciuch, John-1,464
Owens, Robert P.-16
Padgett, Gail-3
Page-Lozano, Jennifer Leigh-179
Palomino, Jacinto-2
Pettinato, Barry J.-1
Pressman, Christian M.0.0%525
Racine, Xavier Francois Nicola.0.0%114
Randall, Anthony J.-1,996
Recio, Irene M.2.4%1,265
Reis, Christine1.4%606
Riggs, George W.-180
Rivera, Jose1.1%1,307
Rosen, Benjamin-8
Sagesse, Cathy0.0%96
Sanders, Charles J.-3,377
Sandron, Ira-552
Siegel, Stuart A.-439
Sims, Deitrich H.-221
Slavin, Denise N.-2,304
Smikle, Suzette-5
Sogocio, Rico M.3.9%1,800
Solow, Bruce W.-3,386
Sonom, Ronald G.-1,817
Spath, Vance H.-1
Sukkar, Elisa M.-2,437
Torg, Cynthia Shepherd-3
Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana-5,304
Ubarri, Maria0.1%1,082
Videla, Gabriel C.-1,359
Walleisa, Michael G.41.7%1,349
Williams, Keith C.-1,168
Williams, Phillip T.-19
Wilson, Earle B-662

Frequently asked questions

What is the asylum grant rate at the Miami Immigration Court?

Over the trailing 12 months, the Miami Immigration Court granted asylum in 2.1% of decided cases. The fiscal year 2024 (Oct 2023 – Sep 2024) court-wide average was 21.0%. The two numbers may differ because policy and caseload shifts can move rates significantly year-over-year.

How many immigration judges work at the Miami Immigration Court?

Based on the most recent FOIA-released EOIR data, 106 immigration judges are listed as actively sitting at the Miami Immigration Court with asylum case volume in the last 24 months. The full judge roster, each with their individual grant rate, appears below.

How many asylum decisions has the Miami Immigration Court issued total?

The Miami Immigration Court has issued 106,592 recorded asylum decisions across the full FOIA-released dataset. This includes both grants and denials but excludes administrative outcomes (cases dismissed, terminated, or closed without a merits ruling).

How is the asylum grant rate calculated?

Grant rate = (cases with case_outcome of "Relief Granted") divided by (cases with case_outcome of "Relief Granted" or "Remove"). Cases closed administratively - dismissed, terminated, voluntary departure - are excluded from the denominator. This is the standard methodology used by TRAC Immigration (Syracuse) and the Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley).

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Methodology & sources

Primary source
Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley) - FOIA-released EOIR case-level data.
Secondary source
TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University) - independent corroboration of grant-rate aggregates.
Last data refresh
2026-10-23

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