Judge-by-Judge Asylum Decisions in Immigration Courts Before and After the Attorney General's Directive

			Denial Rate
Immigration Court	Judge	Decisions	FY2004-FY2006	FY2008-FY2010
New York	Hom, Sandy K.	1,345	87.6	66.7
	Jankun, William F.	211	86.3	-
	Nelson, Barbara A.	1,436	69.6	65.7
	Opaciuch, Adam	651	64.1	-
	Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.	471	62.6	-
	Abrams, Steven R.	813	61.9	60.0
	Defonzo, Paul A.	904	56.7	48.2
	Videla, Gabriel C.	856	53.0	48.4
	Chase, Jeffrey S.	627	50.7	-
	Bukszpan, Joanna M.	1,281	47.8	20.0
	Ferris, Noel Anne	935	42.8	36.3
	Weisel, Robert D.	1,482	36.5	31.8
	Mulligan, Thomas J.	1,058	36.1	21.0
	Sichel, Helen J.	1,634	34.9	16.2
	Morace, Philip L.	2,038	33.9	24.6
	Elstein, Annette S.	1,448	29.6	25.8
	Schoppert, Douglas B.	1,648	27.8	26.3
	Chew, George T.	2,058	26.8	27.2
	Holmes-Simmons, Theresa	1,166	26.8	14.1
	Burr, Sarah M.	1,257	25.9	30.1
	Laforest, Bridgette	1,787	24.7	16.5
	Rohan, Patricia A.	1,614	20.9	34.4
	Lamb, Elizabeth A.	1,431	20.7	10.6
	Brennan, Noel A.	1,678	19.6	9.9
	Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E.	1,791	19.3	20.6
	Wyke, William Van	1,648	13.2	12.9
	McManus, Margaret	1,674	12.2	17.3
	Bain, Terry A.	2,035	6.7	6.2
	Vomacka, Alan A.	186	-	69.9
	Cheng, Mary M.	132	-	39.4
	Balasquide, Javier E.	704	-	30.4
Miami	Opaciuch, Adam	586	91.4	85.1
	Hanson, Mahlon F.	1,187	97.8	85.8
	Opaciuch, John	1,223	94.0	77.7
	Ford, Rex J.	866	92.0	-
	Sanders, Charles J.	1,209	91.2	72.0
	Marks Lane, Denise A.	1,352	90.3	82.7
	Wilson, Earle B.	398	89.7	-
	Metcalf, Mark H.	146	89.0	-
	Chapa, Teofilo	1,052	88.6	74.2
	Dowell, J. Daniel	1,149	86.4	71.2
	Bradley, Kevin G.	881	86.2	68.8
	Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana	1,473	84.6	76.5
	Solow, Bruce W.	1,620	81.9	70.9
	Holliday, Carey R.	518	81.7	84.2
	Sonom, Ronald G.	723	81.5	-
	Miranda, Pedro A.	1,354	81.0	59.9
	Alexander, Scott G.	1,266	80.9	75.8
	McCormack, Nancy R.	1,119	78.2	75.2
	Kleinfeld, Seymour R.	484	77.9	-
	Sukkar, Elisa M.	721	77.4	60.2
	Horn, Michael C.	710	74.2	72.3
	Mander, Stephen E.	1,123	67.9	59.7
	Randall, Anthony J.	954	67.8	-
	Slavin, Denise N.	860	41.2	-
	Coleman, Sandra S.	645	24.5	-
	Martinez-Esquivel, Lourdes	91	-	87.9
	Lopez-Enriquez, Maria	89	-	86.5
	Harris, Rodger C.	252	-	81.3
	Mateo, Rene D.	95	-	78.9
	Crosland, David W.	122	-	69.7
Los Angeles	Bither, Christine A.	681	86.9	78.0
	Munoz, Lorraine J.	780	83.7	83.8
	Romig, Jeffrey L.	476	82.8	-
	Giattina, Anthony T.	593	79.2	79.9
	Fong, Thomas Y. K.	325	76.5	44.9
	Tabaddor, A. Ashley	377	76.2	67.3
	Ipema, Henry P., Jr.	117	75.2	-
	Latimore, Jan D.	474	72.9	67.6
	Ho, Anna	427	69.7	62.8
	Bronzina, Isabel A.	522	67.9	59.9
	Walton, Richard D.	683	63.7	67.3
	Bank, Ira E.	635	62.2	69.3
	McDermott, Patrick T.	289	61.2	-
	Dunkel-Bradley, Dorothy A.	713	60.3	66.8
	Del Bene, Charles A.	103	56.3	-
	Renner, Renee L.	298	55.4	-
	Walsh, John F.	719	54.3	53.3
	Anderson, David C.	715	53.4	42.2
	Taylor, John D.	343	50.7	-
	Hrycenko, Ingrid K.	181	50.3	-
	Stancill, Christine E.	711	47.2	59.2
	Proctor, George W.	221	44.8	-
	Einhorn, Bruce J.	220	43.6	-
	Gembacz, Gilbert T.	325	42.8	-
	Sholomson, Stephen L.	547	40.1	41.5
	Martin, William J., Jr	389	39.1	47.0
	Vahid-Tehrani, Gita	658	33.0	36.5
	Parchert, Brett M.	93	-	71.0
	Daw, Alison E.	191	-	60.2
	DiMarzio, Philip L.	177	-	59.3
	Travieso, Frank M.	196	-	59.2
	Tsankov, Mimi	277	-	58.5
	Bass, Lori R.	127	-	53.5
	Sitgraves, D. D.	147	-	53.1
	Peters, Rose C.	202	-	51.5
San Francisco	Proctor, George W.	108	38.9	-
	Murry, Anthony S.	441	91.0	90.8
	Hollis, Wendell A.	152	80.9	-
	Yeargin, Robert	604	79.3	58.2
	Simpson, Brian H.	371	78.7	-
	Smith, Gary W.	123	74.8	-
	Yam, Mimi Schooley	91	71.4	-
	Griswold, Stephen S.	207	62.8	-
	Phillips, Beverley M.	396	62.1	-
	Kandler, Edward R.	190	62.1	-
	Stockton, Bette Kane	817	56.8	71.2
	Geisse, Loreto S.	514	55.3	32.2
	Tue, Phan-Quang	612	51.6	52.7
	Teeter, Marilyn J.	571	50.9	53.6
	Gonzalez, Alberto E.	406	50.2	-
	Webber, Polly A.	743	46.8	47.9
	Yamaguchi, Michael J.	341	46.1	80.6
	DiCostanzo, Lawrence N.	580	45.3	54.2
	Marks, Dana Leigh	682	40.8	40.1
	King, Carol A.	659	38.6	39.4
	Ramirez, Laura L.	692	38.4	39.3
	Hayward, Miriam R.	711	33.0	47.6
	Bernstein, Jeffrey J.	91	-	92.3
	Maggard, Print	86	-	47.7
Other courts (by base city):
Arlington	Crosland, David W.	184	-	31.0
	Churchill, Joan V.	257	75.9	-
	Malphrus, Garry D.	322	66.3	54.0
	Iskra, Wayne R.	625	56.7	31.2
	Bryant, John Milo	527	52.7	20.9
	Grant, M. Christopher	269	42.8	-
	Schmidt, Paul W.	550	33.6	15.1
	Snow, Thomas G.	82	-	34.1
	O'Leary, Brian M.	205	-	29.3
Atlanta	Sease, Grace A.	169	97.4	82.6
	Rast, G. MacKenzie	132	87.9	-
	Cassidy, William A.	208	85.6	-
	Houser, Wayne K., Jr.	369	83.7	68.6
	Johnston, Paul L.	105	76.2	-
	Pelletier, Jonathan D.	206	-	86.4
Baltimore	Barrett, Bruce M.	1,004	67.3	64.8
	Gossart, John F., Jr.	1,052	57.7	50.7
	Dornell, Lisa	1,198	53.6	47.9
	DuFresne, Jill H.	994	52.5	56.1
	Kessler, Elizabeth A.	429	41.0	40.3
	Williams, Phillip T.	325	-	39.7
Bloomington	Olmanson, Kristin W.	593	75.9	75.9
	Dierkes, Joseph R.	633	69.4	69.9
	Nickerson, William J., Jr.	114	-	78.1
Boston	Shapiro, Leonard I.	792	70.1	57.0
	D'Angelo, Matthew J.	350	64.4	51.5
	Cramer, Francis L.	556	61.8	59.4
	Klein, Eliza C.	815	58.8	55.5
	Gagnon, Paul M.	542	56.2	53.0
	Sheppard, Patricia M. B.	205	37.6	-
	O'Malley, Brenda M.	81	-	63.0
	Feder, Robin E.	349	-	59.3
Buffalo	Rocco, Michaelangelo	83	96.4	-
	Reid, John B.	249	92.3	84.9
	Montante, Philip J., Jr	282	75.9	77.7
Charlotte	Holmes-Simmons, Theresa	123	-	55.3
Chicago	Vinikoor, Robert D.	737	73.5	54.8
	Brahos, O. John	183	59.0	-
	Zerbe, Craig M.	643	51.9	37.9
	Cuevas, Carlos	501	39.3	56.3
	Giambastiani, Jennie L.	409	34.7	40.2
	Fujimoto, James R.	180	34.4	-
	Bower, Glen L.	247	11.8	17.5
Cleveland	Harris, Rodger C.	165	-	49.1
	Romig, Jeffrey L.	108	-	72.2
	Churchill, Joan V.	77	70.1	-
	Malphrus, Garry D.	80	81.3	-
	Iskra, Wayne R.	135	65.2	-
	Bryant, John Milo	241	55.2	-
	Grant, M. Christopher	83	72.3	-
	Schmidt, Paul W.	103	32.0	-
	Snow, Thomas G.	106	73.6	-
	O'Leary, Brian M.	76	-	32.9
	Janas, Thomas	162	-	82.7
	Evans, D. William, Jr.	360	-	81.4
Dallas	Sims, Deitrich H.	187	88.8	-
	Copeland, Cary H.	321	75.1	-
	Hughes, Edwin R.	216	46.3	-
	Ozmun, Richard R.	101	-	68.3
Denver	Vandello, James P.	155	71.6	-
	Livingston, Donn L.	636	60.1	67.0
	Cordova, David J.	585	56.0	70.4
Detroit	Nettles, Marsha K.	497	89.4	70.5
	Hacker, Elizabeth A.	769	83.8	51.0
	Newberry, Robert D.	754	82.3	53.7
El Paso	Abbott, William L.	224	54.6	83.0
	Roepke, Thomas C.	76	-	98.7
Elizabeth	Abrams, Steven R.	199	58.3	-
	Reichenberg, Margaret R.	260	77.3	-
	Tadal, Mirlande	470	76.0	75.3
	Harbeck, Dorothy A.	192	-	58.3
Eloy	Davis, John W.	89	100.0	-
	Keenan, Sean H.	121	100.0	-
Florence	Jefferies, Scott M.	216	85.6	86.7
	Taylor, Bruce A.	114	-	92.1
Guaynabo	Lopez-Defillo, Irma	151	86.8	-
Hagatna	Beamer, Dayna M.	163	31.9	-
Hartford	D'Angelo, Matthew J.	120	65.8	-
	Straus, Michael W.	907	69.8	73.1
Honolulu	Beamer, Dayna M.	540	25.9	23.9
Houston	Yates, Clarease Rankin	320	87.7	67.2
	Brisack, Chris A.	232	81.5	77.5
	Peterson, William C.	163	79.8	-
	Benton, Jimmie L.	195	77.9	-
	Law, Philip S.	504	77.3	76.1
	Zimmer, William K.	369	72.4	80.1
	Rose, Howard	97	-	100.0
Imperial	Staton, Jack W.	200	86.8	85.3
	James, Dennis R.	79	-	69.6
Kansas City	Vinikoor, Robert D.	104	90.4	-
Lancaster	Nickerson, William J., Jr.	136	81.6	-
	Vicars, Robert O., Jr.	95	81.1	-
Las Vegas	Gastley, Harry L.	312	76.6	64.9
	Mullins, Ronald L.	197	72.0	62.0
	Weiss, Irene	293	46.0	39.2
Memphis	Pazar, Charles E.	1,186	62.8	52.7
	Burman, Lawrence O.	948	62.1	30.8
Miami - Krome	Ford, Rex J.	245	-	90.6
	Slavin, Denise N.	108	-	92.6
	Foster, Neale S.	121	96.7	-
	Hurewitz, Kenneth S.	741	87.5	98.2
New Orleans	Houser, Wayne K., Jr.	84	78.6	-
	Stogner, William Wayne	254	55.7	70.1
New York (Detained)	Vomacka, Alan A.	340	96.0	92.2
	Page, Alan L.	215	81.9	-
Newark	Reichenberg, Margaret R.	242	-	70.7
	Pugliese, Eugene	617	82.9	72.0
	Meisner, Daniel A.	325	82.5	-
	Cabrera, Esmeralda	92	76.1	-
	Dogin, Henry S.	805	71.2	65.8
	Garcy, Annie S.	805	59.9	44.9
	Riefkohl, Alberto J.	760	38.0	39.9
	Strasser, William K.	208	36.5	-
	Roy, Susan Girardo	172	-	72.1
	Leeds, Frederic G.	248	-	56.5
Oakdale	Duck, John A., Jr.	130	76.9	-
Omaha	Cuevas, Carlos	108	83.3	-
	Fujimoto, James R.	530	78.5	82.7
	Morris, Daniel A.	79	-	92.4
	Anderson, Jack L.	125	-	78.4
Orlando	Wilson, Earle B.	822	-	80.7
	McHugh, R. Kevin	127	84.3	-
	Padgett, Gail B.	211	78.7	-
	Ortiz-Segura, Rafael B.	1,913	49.8	54.6
	Smith, Renetta	481	44.1	-
	Ghartey, Victoria L.	1,735	41.2	50.2
	Grim, James	258	-	83.3
	Lippman, Daniel	462	-	78.6
	Chapman, Kevin J.	540	-	77.6
Philadelphia	Ferlise, Donald V.	470	88.3	-
	Malloy, Rosalind K.	918	81.7	56.3
	Mills, Miriam K.	641	79.8	53.4
	Honeyman, Charles M.	831	69.0	40.5
Phoenix	Hollis, Wendell A.	206	49.4	69.9
	Freerks, LaMonte S.	394	26.8	44.4
	Richardson, John W.	241	17.0	18.4
Portland	Bennett, Michael H.	626	63.9	67.2
Salt Lake City	Nixon, William L.	180	51.3	64.0
	Pead, Dustin B.	86	-	59.3
San Antonio	McPhaul, Glenn P.	231	57.4	52.0
	Zuniga, Bertha A.	248	42.5	39.9
	Burkholder, Gary D.	142	-	85.2
	Conley de Castro, Susan E.	121	-	68.6
	Carte, John D.	107	-	36.4
San Diego	Ipema, Henry P., Jr.	169	68.7	55.8
	Renner, Renee L.	212	-	34.9
	Bagley, Kenneth A.	292	75.4	36.7
	DePaolo, Zsa Zsa	427	71.6	22.6
	Atenaide, Anthony M.	391	65.2	34.2
	Bartolomei, Richard J., Jr	306	64.4	44.8
	Fernandez, Ignacio P.	295	63.3	28.2
	Barrett, Robert J.	145	39.3	-
	Williams, John C.	242	30.2	29.3
San Pedro	Sitgraves, D. D.	128	76.6	-
	Peters, Rose C.	101	45.5	-
Seattle	Defonzo, Paul A.	150	-	56.7
	Kandler, Edward R.	758	65.9	64.6
	Josephson, Kenneth	1,214	61.3	59.3
Tacoma	Josephson, Kenneth	96	78.1	-
	Young, Victoria E.	91	89.0	-
	Fitting, Tammy L.	117	-	80.3
Tucson	Knuck, Richard H.	122	8.2	-
York	Sease, Grace A.	213	88.3	-
	Durling, Walter A.	296	78.6	76.0
	Arthur, Andrew R.	101	-	99.0