Graphical Highlights
 
Court-by-Court Disparity in Asylum Decisions:
Excludes Subsidiary Hearing Locations

      Judge Denial Rate (%)
Number Decided Judges Lowest Highest Range
Cities with Largest Caseloads: 42,777 34 9.5 91.6 82.1
New York
Miami 29,377 26 21.8 97.5 75.7
Los Angeles 14,831 31 27.1 86.7 59.6
San Francisco 12,206 21 26.3 92.6 66.3
Other Cities: 3,126 6 34.7 78.1 43.4
Arlington
Atlanta 980 4 74.0 81.3 7.3
Baltimore 5,584 5 38.0 63.2 25.2
Boston 3,653 8 38.8 85.6 46.8
Chicago 3,372 8 38.5 69.0 30.5
Detroit 2,192 4 59.1 88.8 29.7
Houston 1,854 6 63.6 78.8 15.2
Newark 4,776 7 28.4 80.8 52.4
Orlando 4,472 5 41.0 83.2 42.2
Philadelphia 3,781 6 19.2 89.3 70.1
San Diego 1,796 7 41.7 74.6 32.9

* Includes cities with at least four judges who decided 100 represented asylum cases or more.


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