Graphical Highlights
 
Court-by-Court Disparity in Asylum Decisions:
Affirmative versus Defensive Requests

      Judge Denial Rate (%)
Number Decided Judges Lowest Highest Range
Cities with Largest Caseloads: 27,351 35 4.2 86.3 82.1
New York Affirmative
Defensive 16,997 33 13.0 97.0 84.0
Miami Affirmative 20,293 25 20.8 97.3 76.5
Defensive 8,733 23 24.1 98.1 74.0
Los Angeles Affirmative 11,591 30 21.6 83.3 61.7
Defensive 2,225 16 44.9 94.2 49.3
San Francisco Affirmative 10,019 20 21.4 86.6 65.2
Defensive 2,729 16 39.5 87.2 47.7
Other Cities: 2,628 6 31.6 75.8 44.2
Arlington Affirmative
Defensive 924 4 56.8 80.0 23.2
Atlanta Affirmative 674 4 69.9 82.3 12.4
Defensive 436 3 84.2 94.4 10.2
Baltimore Affirmative 4,552 5 36.7 61.7 25.0
Defensive 1,002 4 62.3 70.0 7.7
Boston Affirmative 2,064 7 30.9 83.4 52.5
Defensive 1,243 5 60.5 81.2 20.7
Chicago Affirmative 2,941 8 36.4 66.4 30.0
Defensive 1,622 7 65.7 81.0 15.3
Detroit Affirmative 1,348 3 70.7 88.5 17.8
Defensive 1,085 3 69.8 89.7 19.9
Elizabeth Defensive 1,986 4 34.4 70.9 36.5
Houston Affirmative 826 5 47.1 66.4 19.3
Defensive 1,074 5 82.9 93.8 10.9
Newark Affirmative 2,861 7 21.2 75.8 54.6
Defensive 1,912 7 35.9 90.2 54.3
Orlando Affirmative 3,814 6 40.4 81.2 40.8
Defensive 836 5 38.3 94.3 56.0
Philadelphia Affirmative 2,428 5 45.6 85.6 40.0
Defensive 1,271 4 79.0 94.0 15.0
Seattle Defensive 912 4 71.4 85.0 13.6
San Diego Affirmative 351 3 35.6 68.0 32.4
Defensive 1,796 9 43.4 78.8 35.4

* Includes cities with at least four judges who decided 100 represented asylum cases or more with at least 3 judges per request type.


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