Graphical Highlights
 
Asylum Denial Rates by Immigration Judge*
FY 1994 - FY 1999

Name of Judge City Number Decided Percent Denied Ranking
William F. Jankun New York 1,375 98.3 1
Roy J. Daniel Los Angeles 834 96.8 2
Ronald L. Mullins Las Vegas 123 95.9 3
William A. Cassidy Atlanta 1,908 95.8 4
Howard I. Cohen Elizabeth 137 94.9 5
Sabri Kandah New York 143 94.4 6
Deitrich H. Sims Miami 245 93.9 7
Thomas M. Ragno Boston 208 93.8 8
Thomas Y.K. Fong Los Angeles 602 93.2 9
Mahlon F. Hanson Miami 521 93.1 10
Brian H. Simpson San Francisco 642 92.8 11
Jay Segal Los Angeles 800 92.0 12
Teofilo Chapa Miami 594 90.6 13
Kendall Warren Seattle 461 90.0 14
Miriam K. Mills Los Angeles 164 89.0 15
Ira E. Bank Los Angeles 216 88.4 17
Keith C. Williams Miami 705 88.4 17
Philip S. Law Los Angeles 187 88.2 19
John K. Speer New York 1,178 88.2 19
Billino W D'Ambrosio Boston 381 87.4 20
G. Mackenzie Rast Atlanta 425 87.3 21
Ronald N. Ohata Los Angeles 372 87.1 22
Daniel A. Meisner Newark 744 87.0 23
Gabriel C. Videla New York 1,616 86.8 24
Michael K. Suarez Houston 275 86.2 25
William J. Martin Los Angeles 598 86.1 26
William K. Zimmer Miami 351 85.2 27
Noel A. Ferris New York 1,144 85.1 28
Harry L. Gastley Los Angeles 721 85.0 29
Ronald G. Sonom Miami 503 84.9 30
Barbara A. Nelson New York 1,110 84.8 31
Henry P. Ipema Jr. Los Angeles 553 84.1 32
Kenneth A. Bagley San Diego 250 84.0 33
Richard D. Walton Los Angeles 797 83.6 34
Eleazar Tovar Los Angeles 313 83.4 36
Alan A. Vomacka New York 295 83.4 36
Jimmie L. Benton Los Angeles 370 83.2 37
Sandy K. Hom New York 1,517 83.0 40
Philip J. Montante Miami 487 83.0 40
Margaret R. Reichenberg Los Angeles 476 83.0 40
Alan L. Page New York 216 82.9 42
Darlene R. Seligman Los Angeles 639 82.9 42
Eugene Pugliese Newark 592 82.8 43
Larry R. Dean New York 202 82.2 44
Bruce W. Solow Miami 634 81.9 45
Donald V. Ferlise Philadelphia 584 81.8 46
Phillip T. Williams New York 645 81.6 47
Michael C. Horn Miami 406 81.5 50
H. Lloyd King Jr. Miami 308 81.5 50
Clarease Rankin Yates Houston 644 81.5 50
Suzan C. Brauwerman Miami 144 81.3 52
Robert Brown Houston 518 81.3 52
Nicole Kim Newark 497 81.1 53
Neale Foster Miami 135 80.7 54
Roxanne C. Hladylowycz New York 299 80.6 55
Anthony M. Atenaide San Diego 410 80.5 56
Joan V. Churchill Arlington 1,133 80.2 57
Anthony D. Petrone, Chicago 409 80.0 58
Jeffrey Zlatow New Orleans 392 79.6 59
D. Anthony Rogers Dallas 137 78.8 60
Charles J. Sanders Miami 544 78.5 61
Kevin G. Bradley Miami 193 78.2 63
Ira Sandron Miami 376 78.2 63
Stephen E. Mander Miami 518 78.0 64
Scott G. Alexander Miami 301 77.7 66
Mirlande Tadal New York 712 77.7 66
R. Kevin McHugh Bradenton 116 77.6 67
Jan D. Latimore Los Angeles 605 77.4 69
Roberto Moreno Miami 319 77.4 69
Charles A. Del Bene Los Angeles 100 77.0 71
Kenneth S. Hurewitz Miami 135 77.0 71
J. Daniel Dowell Miami 778 76.6 72
Glenn P. McPhaul San Antonio 119 76.5 73
Jeffrey S. Chase New York 1,098 76.1 74
Wayne R. Iskra Arlington 1,378 75.6 75
Joanna M. Bukszpan New York 656 75.3 77
Bette Kane Stockton San Francisco 942 75.3 77
John D. Carte Hartford 137 75.2 80
Kenneth Josephson Seattle 612 75.2 80
John C. Williams San Diego 242 75.2 80
Rex J. Ford Miami 759 74.6 81
James P. Vandello Denver 632 74.4 82
Nancy R. McCormack Miami 710 74.2 83
Seymour R. Kleinfeld Miami 413 73.8 84
Esmeralda Cabrera New York 498 73.5 87
Ingrid K. Hrycenko Los Angeles 637 73.5 87
Robert D. Vinikoor Chicago 547 73.5 87
Dennis F. Coupe San Francisco 207 72.9 88
Dayna M. Beamer Honolulu 117 72.6 90
Sarah M. Burr New York 1,513 72.6 90
Lilliana Torreh-Bayouth Miami 555 72.3 92
Patricia M.B. Sheppard Boston 400 72.3 92
Isabel A. Bronzina Los Angeles 126 72.2 93
Anna Ho Seattle 348 72.1 94
Robert D. Weisel New York 1,611 72.0 95
Richard F. Brodsky San Antonio 123 71.5 96
Robert D. Newberry Detroit 215 71.2 97
Michaelangelo Rocco Buffalo 138 71.0 98
James R. Fujimoto Chicago 794 70.2 99
Marilyn J. Teeter San Francisco 194 70.1 100
Metcalfe C. King New York 267 69.7 101
Annie S. Garcy Newark 642 69.2 102
Annette S. Elstein New York 1,309 69.1 104
Charles M. Honeyman New York 938 69.1 104
Howard E. Achtsam Los Fresnos 145 69.0 105
Dorothy A. Dunkel-Bradley Los Angeles 217 68.2 106
Elizabeth A. Hacker Detroit 487 68.0 107
Ignacio P. Fernandez San Diego 243 67.9 108
John F. Walsh Detroit 334 67.7 109
Elisa M. Sukkar Miami 415 67.5 110
O. John Brahos Chicago 494 67.4 112
David J. Cordova Denver 414 67.4 112
Harriet B. Marple Hartford 100 67.0 113
David Ayala New Orleans 301 66.8 115
Patricia A. Rohan New York 2,140 66.8 115
Anthony J. Randall Miami 456 66.4 116
Adam Opaciuch New York 294 66.3 117
Pedro A. Miranda Miami 467 66.2 118
Edward R. Kandler New York 227 66.1 119
Nathan W. Gordon Los Angeles 671 65.9 120
John M. Bryant Arlington 1,049 65.8 122
Denise A. Marks Lane Miami 400 65.8 122
Leonard I. Shapiro Boston 661 65.4 124
Stephen L. Sholomson Los Angeles 578 65.4 124
Eliza C. Klein Boston 411 65.2 125
Joseph Vail Houston 579 64.6 126
Richard J. Bartolomei San Diego 274 64.2 128
Gilbert T. Gembacz Los Angeles 363 64.2 128
Henry S. Dogin Newark 765 64.1 130
Bruce J. Einhorn Los Angeles 761 64.1 130
John T. Zastrow Phoenix 102 63.7 131
Rose Peters San Pedro 260 63.5 132
Susan E. Conley de Castro San Antonio 186 63.4 134
Denise N. Slavin Miami 566 63.4 134
Phan-Quang Tue San Francisco 543 63.2 135
Polly A. Webber San Francisco 477 63.1 136
Robert J. Barrett San Diego 207 62.8 138
Craig De Bernardis Philadelphia 980 62.8 138
Joseph R. Dierkes Bloomington 299 62.5 139
Philip L. Morace New York 1,489 62.1 140
Theresa Holmes-Simmons New York 192 62.0 141
M. Christopher Grant Arlington 351 61.8 142
Paul A. Defonzo New York 470 61.5 143
Michael H. Bennett Portland 158 61.4 144
Charles E. Pazar Memphis 179 60.9 145
John F. Gossart, Jr. Baltimore 938 60.7 146
Craig M. Zerbe Chicago 677 60.4 147
John W. Richardson Phoenix 241 60.2 148
William Strasser Newark 452 59.7 149
Lawrence N. DiCostanzo San Francisco 728 59.5 150
Helen J. Sichel New York 362 59.4 151
Cary H. Copeland Dallas 870 58.5 152
Beverley M. Phillips San Francisco 886 58.1 153
Mimi Schooley Yam San Francisco 242 57.9 154
Walter A. Durling Buffalo 200 57.0 155
Bruce M. Barrett Baltimore 826 56.2 156
Donn L. Livingston Elizabeth 718 56.1 157
Matthew T. Adrian New York 527 55.8 158
Michael J. Yamaguchi San Francisco 139 55.4 159
Alberto J. Riefkohl Newark 507 55.0 160
Paul A. Nejelski Arlington 720 54.9 161
Lawrence O. Burman Los Angeles 186 54.8 162
Edwin R. Hughes Dallas 724 54.3 163
Jill H. Dufresne Baltimore 218 54.1 164
Rafael B. Ortiz-Segura Guaynabo 428 54.0 165
Steven R. Abrams Elizabeth 272 53.7 166
William Joyce Boston 205 52.7 167
Carlos Cuevas Chicago 588 51.9 168
George T. Chew New York 1,080 51.8 169
Sandra S. Coleman Miami 161 50.9 170
Elizabeth A. Lamb New York 1,015 50.0 171
Margaret McManus New York 1,700 49.9 173
William Van Wyke York 565 49.9 173
William P. Greene Jr Baltimore 675 49.5 174
Alberto E. Gonzalez San Francisco 515 49.1 175
Lorraine J. Munoz Los Angeles 214 47.7 176
Carol A. King San Francisco 411 45.3 177
Victoria L. Ghartey New York 946 45.1 178
Renetta Smith Chicago 406 43.3 179
Irene Weiss Las Vegas 335 42.1 180
Dana L. Marks San Francisco 490 40.6 181
Lisa Dornell Baltimore 742 38.4 182
Miriam Hayward San Francisco 229 38.0 183
D. D. Sitgraves San Pedro 224 37.1 184
Terry A. Bain New York 1,126 36.6 185
Bridgette Laforest New York 382 36.1 186
Bernard J. Hornbach San Francisco 418 34.7 187
Douglas B. Schoppert New York 601 33.6 188
Bertha A. Zuniga El Paso 130 30.8 189
Philip P. Leadbetter San Francisco 295 30.2 190
Laura L. Ramirez San Francisco 214 29.9 191
Paul Grussendorf Philadelphia 348 27.9 192
Margaret D. Burkhart Harlingen 104 26.9 193

*Analysis covers judges who made at least 100 decisions "on the merits" for asylum seekers represented by an attorney. Also listed is the base city of the judge. Where a judge was transferred during this period, the city in which the majority of decisions were made is listed.


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