Court-by-Court Disparity in Asylum Decisions: Examining the Middle Fifty Percent of Judges Before and After the Attorney General's Directive

			FY 2004 - FY 2006			FY 2007 - FY 2009			Change in Disparity for Middle 50% of Judges
Immigration Court			Denial Rates for Middle 50% of Judges			Denial Rates for Middle 50% of Judges			Before vs After AG's Directive
Immigration Court	Decisions	Judges	Low (25th Percentile)	High (75th Percentile)	Middle Range	Low (25th Percentile)	High (75th Percentile)	Middle Range	Amount of Change	Source of Change
New York	38,964	28	22.8%	54.9%	32.1	14.1%	33.8%	19.7	-12.4	change in decisions
Miami	27,028	25	77.9%	89.7%	11.8	73.5%	84.4%	10.9	-0.9
Los Angeles	13,582	27	47.2%	75.2%	28.0	54.8%	66.9%	12.1	-15.9	change in decisions
San Francisco	10,882	22	45.3%	71.4%	26.1	45.6%	68.0%	22.4	-3.7	offseting trends (A)
Orlando	6,264	5	44.1%	78.7%	34.6	46.9%	75.3%	28.4	-6.2	offsetting trends (B)
Baltimore	5,275	5	52.5%	57.7%	5.2	51.8%	56.5%	4.7	-0.5
Newark	4,512	7	38.0%	82.5%	44.5	51.5%	69.9%	18.4	-26.1	change in decisions and judges
Boston	3,645	6	56.2%	64.4%	8.2	52.9%	62.1%	9.2	1.0
Arlington	3,096	6	42.8%	66.3%	23.5	24.0%	44.7%	20.7	-2.8	offsetting trends (A)
Philadelphia	3,008	4	74.4%	85.0%	10.6	36.3%	62.6%	26.3	15.7	change in decisions increase disparity
Chicago	2,976	7	34.4%	59.0%	24.6	32.3%	52.2%	19.9	-4.7	change in judges
San Diego	2,403	8	51.3%	70.2%	18.9	23.9%	41.7%	17.8	-1.1	offseting trends (A)
Houston	2,323	6	77.3%	81.5%	4.2	80.6%	91.9%	11.3	7.1	change in judges increase disparity
Cleveland	1,948	7	55.2%	73.6%	18.4	47.5%	80.4%	32.9	14.5	offseting trends (A)
Atlanta	1,425	5	83.7%	87.9%	4.2	81.1%	93.3%	12.2	8.0	change in decisions increase disparity