Graphical Highlights
 
New York City Immigration Judges ranked
by Asylum Denial Rates for Chinese*

FY 2000 - FY 2005

Name of Judge Number Decided Percent Denied Ranking
William F. Jankun 421 94.5 1
Sandy K. Hom 785 93.2 2
John Opaciuch 666 91.0 3
Paul L. Johnston 299 86.0 4
William C. Peterson 270 81.9 5
Barbara A. Nelson 719 79.8 6
Adam Opaciuch 966 79.7 7
Joseph Russelburg 204 78.9 8
Gabriel C. Videla 548 74.1 9
Roxanne C. Hladylowycz 1,059 72.4 10
Paul A. Defonzo 701 66.6 11
Miriam K. Mills 337 57.6 12
Jeffrey S. Chase 383 54.3 13
Noel A. Ferris 369 54.2 14
Joanna M. Bukszpan 597 51.9 15
Victoria L. Ghartey 523 51.4 16
Philip L. Morace 1,065 49.4 17
Robert D. Weisel 794 47.9 18
Charles M. Honeyman 148 45.9 19
Helen J. Sichel 624 45.4 20
Douglas B. Schoppert 955 41.9 21
Theresa Holmes-Simmons 824 40.3 22
Sarah M. Burr 876 40.2 23
Matthew T. Adrian 202 38.1 24
Elizabeth A. Lamb 802 34.4 25
Bridgette Laforest 940 32.1 26
George T. Chew 958 29.0 27
Noel A. Brennan 133 27.1 28
Patricia A. Rohan 973 25.2 29
Annette S. Elstein 837 24.9 30
Vivienne E. Gordon-Uruakpa 376 21.8 31
William Van Wyke 335 19.1 32
Terry A. Bain 896 11.8 33
Margaret McManus 929 6.9 34

*Analysis covers judges who made at least 100 decisions "on the merits" for chinese asylum seekers represented by an attorney.


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