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From FY2021 to FY2025, 91 of 380 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code DC1 at Newark were grants (23.95%) and 289 were denials (76.05%). In the same years, the court recorded 26.00% and the national figure was 37.33%. EOIR data through 2026-08-31; past records do not predict an individual case.

Recorded grant share · Newark · NEW

Grants 91 · Denials 289 · N 380
95% interval: 19.93%–28.49%

Judge code DC1
23.95%N 380
Newark
26.00%N 10,821
United States · all courts
37.33%N 367,995

Among comparable judge codes at this court

22 judge codes at this court have 100 or more grant-or-denial records in FY2021–FY2025. Their recorded grant shares range from 4.21% to 71.40%; the median is 24.60%.
FY2026 so far
11.11%9 records through 2026-08-31 · court: 0.98%
Record coverage
7 courts with recordsFY1992–FY2026 · 24 court-years · Courts are not pooled
Data through
2026-08-31EOIR records · not on the official listing checked 2026-09-16Data and sources

Historical outcomes by court

Each row is a fiscal year at the court stored on the dated record. Courts are not pooled; an official listing never moves old results to a new court. Small groups remain visible and are labeled.

Judge figures group saved asylum outcomes by the judge code on each EOIR proceeding. The code identifies the assigned judge; these records do not verify who personally made every application decision. How judge figures work

Recorded grant share by fiscal year at Newark

0%25%50%75%100%FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY202625.00%10.58%23.76%15.87%15.15%37.50%51.52%12.23%11.11%66.10%51.55%34.76%32.41%28.84%31.77%38.30%16.88%15.04%0.98%37.13%46.12%47.28%43.52%23.13%
  • Judge code DC1
  • Newark
  • United States · all courts
National figures are published for FY2021–FY2025. A broken ring marks a value from fewer than 100 records.
Recorded grant and denial outcomes · EOIR dated records
Completion FYRecorded grant shareTotal (N)Grant recordsDenial records95% interval
Newark · NEWExplore this court's full context
FY2026Partial year11.11%Small sample9181.99%–43.50%
FY202512.23%139171227.78%–18.71%
FY202451.52%Small sample33171635.22%–67.50%
FY202337.50%112427029.09%–46.74%
FY202215.15%Small sample335286.65%–30.92%
FY202115.87%Small sample6310538.86%–26.81%
FY202023.76%101247716.52%–32.93%
FY201910.58%10411936.01%–17.95%
FY201825.00%Small sample1641210.18%–49.50%
FY20100.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20090.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20020.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY19980.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19960.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY19920.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Elizabeth · ELZExplore this court's full context
FY20250.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20240.00%Small sample4040.00%–48.99%
FY20200.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
El Paso · ELPExplore this court's full context
FY20230.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
West Los Angeles Immigration Court · WLAExplore this court's full context
FY20190.00%Small sample8080.00%–32.44%
FY20188.33%Small sample121111.49%–35.39%
San Antonio · SNAExplore this court's full context
FY2019100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
San Francisco · SFRExplore this court's full context
FY20180.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Boston · BOSExplore this court's full context
FY20170.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%

Small sample: fewer than 100 grant or denial records. This share can swing widely.

These records do not predict an individual result or measure judge quality. A person may have more than one proceeding.

Source cutoff: 2026-08-31 · eoir-2026-08-judge-records-v2 · Source files and checks · Attribution details

Historical grant and denial records by nationality

Nationality groups count grant and denial proceedings in FY2021–FY2025, not people.

The dated results have a different coverage period and do not contain individual nationality. Small groups can change sharply.

Recorded judge × court × nationality · FY2021–FY2025 and each fiscal year
Recorded nationalityFY2021–FY2025 · pooledTotal (N)Court · same nationalityFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Newark
Ecuador9.52%Small sample4219.15% · N 2,4750 / 190 / 14 / 160 / 10 / 5
Honduras12.20%Small sample4121.18% · N 9960 / 121 / 12 / 81 / 61 / 14
Colombia27.50%Small sample4017.65% · N 7930 / 70 / 111 / 32——
Guatemala2.63%Small sample3817.24% · N 9801 / 12—0 / 60 / 80 / 12
El Salvador8.11%Small sample3718.69% · N 8670 / 150 / 23 / 30 / 60 / 11
Nigeria48.48%Small sample3376.38% · N 3099 / 22—0 / 11 / 46 / 6
Peru15.63%Small sample3211.49% · N 1,0180 / 120 / 15 / 18—0 / 1
Turkiye36.84%Small sample1956.97% · N 2512 / 122 / 33 / 4——
Dominican Republic26.67%Small sample1513.95% · N 430 / 3—4 / 12——
India33.33%Small sample943.03% · N 2440 / 11 / 11 / 10 / 11 / 5
Mexico12.50%Small sample811.38% · N 1670 / 20 / 1—1 / 30 / 2
Brazil33.33%Small sample616.91% · N 1,3540 / 2—2 / 3—0 / 1
Egypt66.67%Small sample661.90% · N 630 / 14 / 4——0 / 1
Panama0.00%Small sample625.00% · N 12—0 / 6———
Venezuela0.00%Small sample661.42% · N 1970 / 40 / 1——0 / 1
Burkina Faso100.00%Small sample448.28% · N 29—2 / 2——2 / 2
Georgia100.00%Small sample465.38% · N 522 / 22 / 2———
Ghana25.00%Small sample455.26% · N 381 / 3—0 / 1——
Nicaragua50.00%Small sample452.43% · N 1031 / 3—1 / 1——
Senegal0.00%Small sample321.43% · N 140 / 20 / 1———
Ukraine66.67%Small sample395.12% · N 410 / 1—2 / 2——
China100.00%Small sample282.61% · N 46——2 / 2——
Eritrea100.00%Small sample285.71% · N 7—2 / 2———
Indonesia100.00%Small sample286.96% · N 23——2 / 2——
Togo100.00%Small sample2100.00% · N 2—1 / 1—1 / 1—
Bangladesh0.00%Small sample155.32% · N 47———0 / 1—
Chad0.00%Small sample190.91% · N 110 / 1————
Gambia0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 2————0 / 1
Guinea100.00%Small sample150.00% · N 20—1 / 1———
Haiti0.00%Small sample148.18% · N 110————0 / 1
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)100.00%Small sample166.67% · N 9———1 / 1—
Jordan0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 60 / 1————
Liberia100.00%Small sample142.86% · N 7—1 / 1———
Niger100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 41 / 1————
Pakistan0.00%Small sample146.67% · N 300 / 1————
Sri Lanka0.00%Small sample166.67% · N 18———0 / 1—
Uganda0.00%Small sample150.00% · N 2—0 / 1———
Elizabeth
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)0.00%Small sample30.00% · N 70 / 10 / 2———
Brazil0.00%Small sample12.00% · N 50—0 / 1———
Guinea0.00%Small sample125.00% · N 8—0 / 1———
Uzbekistan0.00%Small sample110.26% · N 390 / 1————
El Paso
Turkiye0.00%Small sample173.04% · N 115——0 / 1——

Small sample: fewer than 100 grant or denial records. This share can swing widely. Each fiscal year shows grants / N; — means no grant or denial record that year.

Judge means the code saved on the proceeding, not independently verified decision authorship. Flags are visual aids for mapped source categories; historical, unknown and non-geographic categories remain text-only.

EOIR CASE nationality aggregates · eoir-2026-08-nationality-complete-v1 · Download complete counts

Hearing schedule

One proceeding record is not necessarily a separate hearing session.

Chelmsford · CHE · All proceedings · 2026-09–2029-08

Asylum-associated records are a subset of All proceedings.

Schedule display range: 2026-09–2029-08 (36 months)

All Master and Individual schedule records in this view were excluded by the counting rules. See the coverage details.

Monthly counts are available for all recorded courts below.

Boston · BOS

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Chelmsford · CHE

Monthly counts

David Cheng · DC1 · Chelmsford · CHE · 2026-09–2029-08 · All proceedings · Asylum-associated proceedings · Proceedings with recorded hearing dates · EOIR · 2026-08 edition
MonthAll proceedings · Master proceedingsAll proceedings · Individual proceedingsAsylum-associated proceedings · Master proceedingsAsylum-associated proceedings · Individual proceedings
2026-090000
2026-100000
2026-110000
2026-120000
2027-010000
2027-020000
2027-030000
2027-040000
2027-050000
2027-060000
2027-070000
2027-080000
2027-090000
2027-100000
2027-110000
2027-120000
2028-010000
2028-020000
2028-030000
2028-040000
2028-050000
2028-060000
2028-070000
2028-080000
2028-090000
2028-100000
2028-110000
2028-120000
2029-010000
2029-020000
2029-030000
2029-040000
2029-050000
2029-060000
2029-070000
2029-080000

Retained: 0Excluded: 8Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Elizabeth · ELZ

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Chelmsford · LOW

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Newark · NEW

Monthly counts

David Cheng · DC1 · Newark · NEW · 2026-09–2029-08 · All proceedings · Asylum-associated proceedings · Proceedings with recorded hearing dates · EOIR · 2026-08 edition
MonthAll proceedings · Master proceedingsAll proceedings · Individual proceedingsAsylum-associated proceedings · Master proceedingsAsylum-associated proceedings · Individual proceedings
2026-092364011337
2026-1090593846
2026-1193324430
2026-1292135212
2027-012701310810
2027-022193910838
2027-034802524516
2027-046022428522
2027-055082022220
2027-0668322622
2027-0750101970
2027-0860202860
2027-0960903320
2027-1036401790
2027-11960430
2027-120000
2028-010000
2028-020000
2028-030000
2028-040000
2028-050000
2028-060000
2028-070000
2028-080000
2028-090000
2028-100000
2028-110000
2028-120000
2029-010000
2029-020000
2029-030000
2029-040000
2029-050000
2029-060000
2029-070000
2029-080000

Retained: 5,712Excluded: 1,170Unable to confirm: 1Source files and checks

San Francisco · SFR

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

West Los Angeles Immigration Court · WLA

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Dated result records

Nationality and representation selections do not filter this list. Case identifiers and personal attributes are not included.

Results for the current selection

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These dates belong to proceedings associated with the recorded judge code. They do not establish when that person served or who made the application decision.

Monthly record distribution for this selection

Filtered records by court and fiscal year

All eight saved result categories · same filters as the result list
Historical record courtFiscal yearGrantedDeniedRecorded as abandonedRecorded as withdrawnRecorded as not adjudicatedRecorded as administratively closedOther recorded categoriesNo application result recordedTotal records

Each row totals its eight categories using the current filters. Fiscal years run from 10-01 through 09-30.

One row per eligible proceeding · latest completion date first
Proceeding completion dateHistorical record courtSaved application result

Counts use stored proceeding completion dates and judge codes. Later source releases may revise earlier records.

Source cutoff: 2026-08-31 · eoir-2026-08-judge-records-v2 · Source files and checks

Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code

These records are linked to proceedings carrying this EOIR judge code in the 2026-08 source snapshot. The data do not establish that the coded judge personally issued the decision under BIA review.

Historical decision FY2021–FY2025 pooled · respondent-filed appeals (A)

Denominator: respondent-filed BIA IJ Case Appeal events with an exact proceeding link and stored judge code, with a recorded disposition during the displayed period.

Respondent-filed recorded BIA appeal events during FY2021–FY2025
Appeal events (denominator)DIS · recorded dismissal/affirmanceREM · remand as recordedSUS · appeal sustained as recordedOther · mixed recorded dispositions
20911455040

Questions about these records

Is this the judge’s asylum approval or denial rate?

It is the recorded grant share: of 380 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code DC1 at Newark in FY2021–FY2025, 91 were grants (23.95%) and 289 were denials (76.05%).

Withdrawals, abandonment, administrative closure and other outcomes are outside this denominator. The judge code identifies the assigned judge; it does not prove who decided each application.

Why do other websites show a different number?

Publications count different things. This page counts asylum applications that ended in a grant or a denial in EOIR’s public CASE data, by fiscal year, at the court stored on each proceeding, and never pools courts.

Other reports may count other relief, such as withholding of removal or protection under the Convention Against Torture, count decisions rather than proceedings, combine courts or use other years. Compare the period, the population and N before comparing percentages.

Why are courts listed separately?

Each record keeps the court stored on its proceeding. This judge code has grant or denial records at 7 courts. They are shown separately and never pooled, and the official listing does not move older records to a new court.

Why is FY2026 marked as a partial year?

Fiscal year 2026 runs from 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30, and the source data end on 2026-08-31. FY2026 figures cover only part of the year, so they are not compared with complete years.

What does a small sample mean here?

When fewer than 100 grant or denial records stand behind a share, one or two decisions can move it by several percentage points. Such figures are marked † or labeled as a small sample, and the 95% interval shows how wide the uncertainty is.

Can these numbers predict my case?

No. They describe past records under a judge code. The outcome of a case depends on its own facts, evidence and law. For advice about your case, talk to a qualified lawyer or accredited representative.

Data and sources

Source cutoff: · eoir-2026-08-judge-source-coverage-v1

Dated asylum records and recorded grants or denials are available by court and fiscal year.

Result record coverage

18,343Associated proceeding records
7,609Proceedings linked to asylum applications
4,725Eligible dated asylum records
650Dated grant or denial records

All courts and all stored dates in this source edition. These coverage counts do not change with the result-list filters.

Historical record courts
18
Earliest recorded completion FY
FY1992
Latest recorded completion FY
FY2026 · Partial year
Why some source records are outside the dated results
  • 2,883 eligible asylum records have no completion date.
  • 3,989 eligible asylum records have no application result; 1,194 of them appear in the dated list. 2,795 records lack both a usable completion date and an application result. The missing-date and missing-result counts overlap.
  • 1 asylum-linked proceedings have conflicting saved application results.

A blank date or result does not establish a pending case, an undecided application, or the absence of a decision. Missing dates are not assigned to an assumed fiscal year.

All eligible dated result categories are included through the source cutoff, without aggregate suppression filters.

Source cutoff: 2026-08-31 · FY2026 is incomplete. Earlier stored dates may predate a judge’s appointment because assignment and saved completion date describe different events.

Nationality and representation selections do not filter this list. Case identifiers and personal attributes are not included.

Available historical coverage

Source coverage includes all normalized dated records for this identity. It is not verified decision authorship or a complete case history.

Coverage counting rules

Counts describe stored proceedings associated with the judge code, not unique cases, people, or verified decision authorship. Asylum applications are combined per proceeding using the same joins and conflict rules as the dated list.

7,608 asylum-linked proceedings meet the proceeding-type, case-link and result-consistency rules. These eligible records split into missing dates, invalid dates, dates after the cutoff, and dated records through the cutoff.

The dated list includes all saved result categories, including a blank result. Grant share uses only dated grants divided by dated grants plus denials; other categories are excluded.

These are saved results on proceedings assigned to the selected judge in EOIR data, not independently verified decision authorship. The application result has no separate decision timestamp. Completion dates may reflect a different event or later edits.

Each row represents one eligible proceeding after duplicate application rows are combined. Identical dates and results can appear multiple times. A person may have multiple proceedings. Within-day order does not indicate the sequence of decisions.

The public timeline includes all eight saved result categories and all stored completion years through the source cutoff. Conflicting application outcomes and inconsistent case joins remain excluded. Complete records can reconstruct counts hidden in legacy aggregate tables; those tables no longer provide a non-reconstruction guarantee.

Official court listing

Directory checked: EOIR hearing directory

Not on the checked official listing

The checked listing does not establish why this name is absent or where this person works now.

Hearing schedule sources

Schedule filtering and source checks

The 2026-08 EOIR edition is grouped using a source cutoff of 2026-08-31. Counts describe proceeding records with retained future hearing dates, grouped by the judge and court codes stored on each schedule record. Records with a handling reason and other excluded records are kept outside the counts; records that cannot be confirmed are listed separately. All proceedings includes the reliably identified asylum-associated subset.

Later recorded hearing dates are included in the source coverage summary.

All proceedings · future hearing dates through 2036-08-31

These source coverage counts include all proceedings and do not change with the proceedings filter above.

Boston · BOS

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
31
Reliable asylum association
10
No identifiable asylum association
21

Chelmsford

Retained: 0Excluded: 8Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
8
Unconfirmed proportion
0.00%
Recorded handling reason
8
Historical schedule records
454
Future schedule records
8
Reliable asylum association
244
No identifiable asylum association
218

Elizabeth

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
450
Other schedule types
115
Reliable asylum association
164
No identifiable asylum association
286

Chelmsford

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
292
Other schedule types
12
Reliable asylum association
111
No identifiable asylum association
181

Newark

Retained: 5,712Excluded: 1,170Unable to confirm: 1

Raw Master and Individual records
6,883
Unconfirmed proportion
0.01%
Recorded handling reason
1,170
Multiple future records without a handling reason
1
Historical schedule records
51,984
Future schedule records
6,883
Other schedule types
242
Reliable asylum association
34,340
No identifiable asylum association
24,527
Schedule and proceeding judge codes differ
4

San Francisco · SFR

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
65
Reliable asylum association
48
No identifiable asylum association
17

West Los Angeles Immigration Court · WLA

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
132
Reliable asylum association
114
No identifiable asylum association
18
View schedule counting rules
Source files, versions and checks

BIA appeal sources

BIA scope and counting rules

These are historical pooled counts, not a judge score or a current pattern. This product has no annual judge-code breakdown. DIS does not prove this judge was affirmed; REM is not an asylum grant; SUS is not a final asylum outcome.

Recorded BIA disposition patterns can change over time. These FY2021–FY2025 counts are not a permanent characteristic of this judge code. Changes may coincide with law, policy, administration, BIA composition, case mix or backlog; these descriptive data do not establish a cause.

All-party source coverage is separate from the respondent-filed table. National parent appeal events: 119,252 · Linked to a stored judge code: 119,155.

Respondent-filed source events: 109,995 · Linked to a stored judge code: 109,915 · Published respondent-filed events: 67,156 · Respondent-filed events with identity limitations: 42,759.

Judge code: DC1 · Stored source field: B_TblProceeding.IJ_CODE · Population: bia-decided-stored-judge-chronology-clean-1.

Disposition date basis: tblAppeal.datBIADecision · Historical period: 2020-10-01–2025-09-30 · Source cutoff: 2026-08-31.

The stored code is an association in the snapshot, not proof of decision authorship or assignment when the original decision was issued. Today’s judge directory and court listing describe current context only.

Source versions and checks

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: Dated results, historical outcomes and saved hearing schedules

Historical result coverageFY1992–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. Saved hearing dates and BIA disposition periods have separate coverage.

Standard comparison periodFY2021–FY2025

Source obtained or reviewed for this edition

Official source recheck ·

Source reachable at the last check; its contents have not been compared with this edition yet

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