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In FY2025, 20.65% of 2,872 asylum grant-or-denial records at this court were grants (national: 23.13%).

Historical asylum grant share

FY2025 · 2024-10-01–2025-09-30

20.65%

593Grant records
2,279Denial records
2,872Outcome records

Recorded grant share = grants ÷ (grants + denials): 593 ÷ (593 + 2,279) = 20.65%.

95% statistical interval: 19.21%–22.17%

United States overall: 23.13% · −2.48 percentage points compared with this parent cohort.

Seattle
20.65%N 2,872
United States overall
23.13%N 124,581

Among immigration courts

70 immigration courts have 100 or more grant-or-denial records in FY2025. Their recorded grant shares range from 1.52% to 72.66%; the median is 17.47%. The larger dot is this court.

Among recorded asylum application grant-or-denial outcomes linked within the same immigration-court proceeding; abandoned, withdrawn, administratively closed and other outcomes are excluded. One case may contribute more than one proceeding.

This interval describes binomial sampling variability only; it does not account for administrative errors, case mix, attribution uncertainty, or selection bias.

Use historical results to understand past cases, not to forecast an individual outcome.

Source files and checks

Removal, deportation, exclusion and asylum-only proceedings. ASYL grant codes G/I/P; denial D. Other outcomes are excluded from this denominator. Conflicting applications and inconsistent case links are excluded.

Judge attribution uses the proceeding’s IJ_CODE assignment. It does not establish who personally authored every decision. Court attribution uses the proceeding’s recorded court, which may differ from historical hearing venue.

This interval describes binomial sampling variability only; it does not account for administrative errors, case mix, attribution uncertainty, or selection bias.

The source has known malformed lines: 357 physical lines were rejected; accepted logical rows are 262 below EOIR’s count file. Statistics describe accepted records. The official asylum report uses a different unit and will not exactly match these totals.

Source
EOIR public CASE data · 2026-08
Metric version
Metric M1.1.0
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Release manifest · Full methodology

EOIR public CASE data · 2026-08Population history · eoir-2026-08-population-history-v1Provenance

Why published asylum statistics can differ

Published asylum statistics can use different record units, outcome fields and reporting periods. This site counts eligible grant-or-denial outcomes linked within the same proceeding; a case can contribute more than one proceeding.

Full annual history

This series counts eligible proceedings directly from the normalized source, including records without a resolved public judge identity. Stored completion dates do not prove decision authorship or judge appointment dates.

Historical record court · SEA

Grant and denial results by fiscal year

Every fiscal year in the source, newest first. FY2021–FY2025 are the complete years used for comparisons; the change column compares complete years with at least 100 results each.

Completion fiscal year · grant and denial results
Fiscal yearGrantedDeniedGrant or denial results (N)Grant share (G / N)All eligible recordsChange from prior FY (percentage points)
FY2026 · Partial year1802,6672,8476.32%7,230—
FY20255932,2792,87220.65%7,076−12.70
FY20247491,4972,24633.35%6,593+3.20
FY20236891,5962,28530.15%4,556+4.05
FY20224851,3731,85826.10%4,047−4.12
FY202126661488030.23%1,502+9.24
FY202011543354820.99%906−1.22
FY201920571892322.21%1,275−14.20
FY201828850379136.41%1,180+5.48
FY201723251875030.93%1,232−6.25
FY201629049078037.18%1,443−0.06
FY201514324138437.24%877−4.34
FY201415822238041.58%867−1.87
FY201316922038943.44%1,059+2.08
FY201222531954441.36%936+1.33
FY201126339465740.03%906−2.92
FY201020427147542.95%756−0.64
FY200918724242943.59%807+7.53
FY200819434453836.06%878−1.75
FY200721134755837.81%974−1.74
FY200615924340239.55%776+4.07
FY200511020031035.48%774+2.15
FY20048116224333.33%562+9.00
FY20035517122624.34%441+2.07
FY20025519224722.27%440−10.41
FY20016613620232.67%387+11.20
FY20003813917721.47%377−0.46
FY19994114618721.93%366−3.91
FY19986217824025.83%405+8.07
FY19973516219717.77%367−1.88
FY19964418022419.64%450+11.23
FY19959981078.41%155—
FY19949707911.39%115—
FY19939627112.68%94—
FY199291101197.56%145—
FY199122749622.92%141—
FY1990121141269.52%178—
FY1989661678.96%95—
FY19887525911.86%78—
FY1987375783.85%88—
FY1986457616.56%68—
FY19850110.00%1—
FY19840110.00%1—
FY198114520.00%5—

Other saved application results

These categories are part of all eligible records above; they are outside grant plus denial (N).

Other result categories · completion fiscal year
Fiscal yearRecorded as abandonedRecorded as withdrawnRecorded as not adjudicatedRecorded as administratively closedOther recorded categoriesNo application result recorded
FY2026 · Partial year2,1994306591801,077
FY20251,1732491,6671280987
FY20243551413,1601551535
FY20232361221,552264097
FY20221271601,544308149
FY2021458543934019
FY202059732035018
FY2019666612018712
FY201857274252760
FY201746411913030
FY201684801194880
FY2015136004560
FY2014174004120
FY20137119005440
FY20121290002882
FY20111059201762
FY20101277001920
FY20093182002641
FY2008677002561
FY2007254003573
FY20062443003061
FY20058862003140
FY20042571002230
FY20033872001050
FY20022852001121
FY2001745100600
FY2000687400580
FY1999367800650
FY1998125700942
FY1997038001320
FY199607002181
FY19950000480
FY19940000324
FY19930000212
FY19920000260
FY19910000432
FY19900000520
FY19890000262
FY19880000181
FY19870000100
FY1986000061
FY1985000000
FY1984000000
FY1981000000

Judge identity coverage

Public judge identity linkage · completion fiscal year
Fiscal yearRecords linked to public judge identitiesUnresolved judge records
FY2026 · Partial year7,2300
FY20257,0760
FY20246,5930
FY20234,5560
FY20224,0470
FY20211,5020
FY20209042
FY20191,2750
FY20181,16812
FY20171,21913
FY20161,42122
FY201585225
FY201484819
FY20131,03821
FY201291818
FY20119024
FY20107560
FY20098007
FY200886513
FY20079713
FY20067715
FY20057740
FY20045611
FY20034410
FY20024400
FY20013861
FY20003689
FY19993615
FY19984041
FY19973670
FY19964500
FY19951550
FY19941150
FY1993940
FY19921450
FY19911401
FY19901771
FY1989950
FY1988780
FY1987880
FY1986662
FY198510
FY198410
FY198150

Public FY2021–FY2025 grant and denial counts reconcile with the existing M1 tables. Missing years have no eligible dated rows, not verified zero activity.

Source cutoff: 2026-08-31 · eoir-2026-08-population-history-v1 · Original EOIR data export · Sources and data version

Historical completed-proceeding duration

FY2025 · proceeding input to completion · EOIR 2026-08

377 days25% completed within
692.5 daysMedian
1,091.25 days75% completed within
1,349 days90% completed within

N = 2,872 valid records · 0 records excluded for missing or invalid dates.

This is the historical INPUT_DATE-to-COMP_DATE interval for eligible proceeding records, not the total elapsed time of an entire immigration case or a prediction for an unfinished case.

Saved future hearing schedules

33,662 master and individual schedule records passed the future-observation checks in the EOIR snapshot dated 2026-08-31. They are stored under the court code for Seattle Immigration Court.

Middle saved schedule month: 2027-04. Half of these saved future observations fall in that month or earlier.

Saved future schedule observations by calendar months after the snapshot cutoff
Distance from snapshotRecordsShare
1–3 months7,61022.6%
4–6 months6,68519.9%
7–12 months6,08418.1%
13 or more months13,28339.5%

A saved future schedule is not a verified hearing and can change. This is the distance from the snapshot date to a scheduled month, not how long a case has waited or how long remains for a person. The records have no published judge-level breakdown.

Explore this court’s saved hearing schedules · Schedule lead method

Source: EOIR saved hearing schedules, 2026-08-31 snapshotSources and snapshot dates

Lawyer-record comparison

Seattle · All nationalities

FY2025

Lawyer / representative record found

30.47%

G 518 / D 1,182 / N 1,700

No qualifying lawyer / representative record found

6.40%

G 75 / D 1,097 / N 1,172

24.1 percentage points between the two groups · FY2025

A filing was found in the data. It does not confirm help at the decision. No matching filing does not prove there was no legal help. These numbers do not show what caused the difference.

Proceedings entered in earlier years

Proceedings grouped by the court stored in the 2026-08 snapshot. This does not reconstruct the original court at entry after transfers.

Completion recorded by 2026-08-31

0%25%50%75%100%FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY202583.91%79.34%53.29%44.84%41.39%
Latest year
41.39%FY2025 · 13,428 records
Highest year
83.91%FY2021 · 3,798 records
Lowest year
41.39%FY2025 · 13,428 records
Published years
5FY2021–FY2025
Completion recorded by 2026-08-31
FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Recorded share83.91%79.34%53.29%44.84%41.39%
3,798 records8,669 records19,132 records30,763 records13,428 records
Input fiscal year · proceeding records, including administrative and repeated proceedings
CourtEntered FYNCompletion recordedNo completion entry or unresolvedCompleted duration Q25 / median / Q75 / P90 days
Seattle20213,7983,187 · 83.91%611303 / 754 / 1,114.5 / 1,378.4
Seattle20228,6696,878 · 79.34%1,791251 / 451.5 / 888.75 / 1,206
Seattle202319,13210,196 · 53.29%8,936252 / 494 / 845 / 1,035.5
Seattle202430,76313,794 · 44.84%16,969237 / 437 / 714 / 855.7
Seattle202513,4285,558 · 41.39%7,870109 / 281 / 369 / 477

Completion can be a transfer or an administrative event. Missing and inconsistent completion states are combined as a descriptive category; this is not a verified pending count. Newer cohorts have shorter observation time.

Judge listings and historical records

The checked official listing and the historical records stored under this court are separate facts, shown side by side. A listing does not move old records, and old records do not show a current assignment.

Directory checked: EOIR hearing directory

Distribution across published judges · FY2025

8 judge-at-court cohorts with N ≥ 100. Median historical grant share: 21.09%; middle half: 10.82%–30.11%.

Unweighted mean: 21.22%; range: 5.69%–39.04%; standard deviation: 11.17 percentage points.

Each judge code counts equally here; the court overall statistic pools eligible outcome records. Judge-code groups with fewer than 100 grant or denial records at this court in FY2025 are not included. Court distribution method

Judge groups use the code saved on each EOIR proceeding. It identifies the assigned judge, not a verified author of every outcome. How judge figures work

Judges on the checked official listing
JudgeOfficial directory listingHistorical records at this courtPublished outcome statistics
Brett M. ParchertIJFY1994, FY1997, FY1999–FY2026Available on profile
Hayden E. WindrowIJFY1995, FY1998, FY2002–FY2008, FY2011–FY2018, FY2021–FY2026Available on profile
Kenneth SogabeIJFY1997, FY1999, FY2003–FY2006, FY2008–FY2018, FY2021–FY2026Available on profile
Michael TisoccoIJFY1996, FY2002, FY2004–FY2007, FY2009–FY2018, FY2022–FY2026Available on profile
Shane E. JohnsonIJFY1998, FY2002–FY2006, FY2008, FY2010–FY2026Available on profile
Theresa ScalaACIJFY1997, FY2000, FY2010, FY2016, FY2019–FY2026Available on profile

Other judges with records at this court (154)

Not on the checked official listing. Each name opens the judge’s historical rows for this court; years describe the saved record coverage.

A dash under published statistics means no grant or denial is saved for that judge at this court; other saved results can still be listed. The name opens the judge profile and its full historical context.

Recorded BIA appeals associated with this court

These are recorded BIA appeal events linked to proceedings stored under this EOIR court code. They do not measure court quality or predict an individual appeal.

Decision FY2021–FY2025 pooled · IJ Case Appeals · source cutoff 2026-08-31

BIA patterns can change over time. These figures describe recorded dispositions during the displayed historical period, not a permanent characteristic of a person, court or nationality. Changes may coincide with law, policy, administration, BIA composition, case mix or backlog; these data alone do not establish why.

Recorded BIA dispositions associated with this stored court code
Filed byAppeal events (denominator)DIS · recorded dismissal/affirmanceREM · remand as recordedSUS · appeal sustained as recordedOther · mixed recorded dispositions
Respondent-filed (A)3,6612,350 · 64.2%351 · 9.6%0 · 0.0%960 · 26.2%
DHS-filed (I)490 · 0.0%12 · 24.5%8 · 16.3%29 · 59.2%

Small sample: N is below 100. Counts remain visible; a few events can change the pattern substantially.

Each row uses its own filing-party denominator. “Other” combines different recorded categories; REM is not an asylum grant, and SUS depends on who filed.

About these records

All recorded filing parties · National parent appeal events: 119,252 · Linked to a stored court code: 119,223 · Not court-attributed: 29.

Court field: B_TblProceeding.BASE_CITY_CODE · Period: decision FY2021–FY2025 · Snapshot: 2026-08 EOIR Case Data · Source cutoff: 2026-08-31.

The stored court code does not establish which court issued the original decision. Chronology conflicts and unresolved links remain in the national residual; they are not assigned to a court.

Court location and official page

915 2nd Avenue Suite 613 Seattle WA 98174

Official address matched; checked 2026-09-14 · Operating status: Open

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Continue from these outcomes

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New in this package: additional asylum result categories have published counts for this court. Review source and release details

Data and sources

Coverage and source versions are listed separately from publication, acquisition and later checks. A check does not extend the records beyond their cutoff.

EOIR public CASE data

Used on this page: Historical court outcomes and related record measures

Historical result coverageFY1981–FY2026 · Partial year: FY2026

Source edition2026-08

Source snapshot cutoff

The first and last available fiscal years bound this range; intervening years may have no records.

Standard comparison periodFY2021–FY2025

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Official court directory

Used on this page: Court contacts in the saved court directory

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Official ZIP-to-court assignments

Used on this page: Saved ZIP associations; they do not determine legal venue

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Census 2020 ZCTA boundaries

Used on this page: ZIP reference areas; geographic approximations, not court jurisdiction

Source edition2020

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Census 2020 state boundaries

Used on this page: Simplified state outlines on the maps

Source edition2020

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