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From FY2021 to FY2025, 105 of 541 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code FHR at Philadelphia were grants (19.41%) and 436 were denials (80.59%). In the same years, the court recorded 40.63% and the national figure was 37.33%. EOIR data through 2026-08-31; past records do not predict an individual case.

Recorded grant share · Philadelphia · PHI

Grants 105 · Denials 436 · N 541
95% interval: 16.30%–22.95%

Judge code FHR
19.41%N 541
Philadelphia
40.63%N 5,584
United States · all courts
37.33%N 367,995

Among comparable judge codes at this court

13 judge codes at this court have 100 or more grant-or-denial records in FY2021–FY2025. Their recorded grant shares range from 9.89% to 75.00%; the median is 44.07%.
FY2026 so far
6.02%349 records through 2026-08-31 · court: 14.31%
Record coverage
10 courts with recordsFY1999–FY2026 · 33 court-years · Courts are not pooled
Hearing dates on calendar
4,885 master · 2,267 individualPhiladelphia · proceedings with hearing dates, 2026-09–2029-08Hearing schedule
Data through
2026-08-31EOIR records · official listing: Philadelphia, 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 Philadelphia

0%25%50%75%100%FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%45.45%28.57%28.21%10.43%6.02%56.89%50.42%36.43%30.22%38.41%55.99%51.34%46.33%25.69%14.31%37.13%46.12%47.28%43.52%23.13%
  • Judge code FHR
  • Philadelphia
  • 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
Philadelphia · PHIExplore this court's full context
FY2026Partial year6.02%349213283.97%–9.02%
FY202510.43%278292497.36%–14.58%
FY202428.21%117338420.84%–36.95%
FY202328.57%133389521.58%–36.77%
FY202245.45%Small sample115621.27%–71.99%
FY20210.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20200.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20190.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY2017100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
FY20150.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20130.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20110.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20080.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20070.00%Small sample4040.00%–48.99%
FY20030.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20020.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20010.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19990.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Elizabeth · ELZExplore this court's full context
FY2026Partial year0.00%Small sample707<0.01%–35.43%
Memphis · MEMExplore this court's full context
FY20250.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
San Antonio · SNAExplore this court's full context
FY20240.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
New York - Varick · NYVExplore this court's full context
FY20230.00%Small sample4040.00%–48.99%
FY202251.49%101524941.86%–61.00%
FY202153.85%Small sample137629.14%–76.79%
FY20200.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
New York - Federal Plaza · NYCExplore this court's full context
FY202375.00%Small sample43130.06%–95.44%
FY2022100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
LaSalle · JNAExplore this court's full context
FY2022100.00%Small sample2525086.68%–100.00%
FY202185.71%Small sample76148.69%–97.43%
FY202025.35%2175516220.02%–31.53%
Orlando · ORLExplore this court's full context
FY20210.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Tacoma · TACExplore this court's full context
FY202033.33%Small sample3126.15%–79.23%
Buffalo · BUFExplore this court's full context
FY20200.00%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
Philadelphia
Brazil2.15%Small sample938.06% · N 5830 / 750 / 102 / 8——
Guatemala6.67%Small sample9028.02% · N 1,0030 / 260 / 106 / 470 / 50 / 2
Honduras13.33%Small sample7530.37% · N 5962 / 426 / 102 / 23——
Belarus66.67%Small sample2792.04% · N 22613 / 170 / 55 / 5——
Venezuela21.74%Small sample2353.94% · N 1652 / 110 / 53 / 7——
Russia68.42%Small sample1983.17% · N 3096 / 107 / 9———
India11.76%Small sample1737.50% · N 1440 / 110 / 31 / 21 / 1—
Ecuador0.00%Small sample1512.67% · N 1500 / 70 / 40 / 4——
Nicaragua21.43%Small sample1443.18% · N 881 / 90 / 20 / 12 / 2—
El Salvador0.00%Small sample1331.92% · N 2600 / 80 / 20 / 3——
Nigeria53.85%Small sample1362.70% · N 1260 / 41 / 16 / 8——
Mexico41.67%Small sample1215.54% · N 1930 / 10 / 45 / 7——
Pakistan90.00%Small sample1071.64% · N 670 / 16 / 63 / 3——
Peru0.00%Small sample1017.39% · N 460 / 70 / 3———
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)37.50%Small sample860.95% · N 105—2 / 7—1 / 1—
Georgia28.57%Small sample769.23% · N 781 / 21 / 20 / 3——
Turkiye28.57%Small sample757.65% · N 850 / 41 / 21 / 1——
Dominican Republic0.00%Small sample61.14% · N 880 / 40 / 10 / 1——
Guinea0.00%Small sample640.00% · N 550 / 5—0 / 1——
Jamaica0.00%Small sample615.00% · N 400 / 5—0 / 1——
China60.00%Small sample569.23% · N 910 / 11 / 21 / 11 / 1—
Colombia20.00%Small sample528.95% · N 760 / 11 / 4———
Cuba60.00%Small sample530.30% · N 332 / 41 / 1———
Senegal0.00%Small sample522.22% · N 180 / 40 / 1———
Uzbekistan20.00%Small sample555.78% · N 1471 / 20 / 3———
Mauritania25.00%Small sample431.82% · N 441 / 30 / 1———
Saudi Arabia0.00%Small sample40.00% · N 4—0 / 4———
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)0.00%Small sample463.33% · N 300 / 30 / 1———
Haiti0.00%Small sample318.57% · N 700 / 20 / 1———
Jordan0.00%Small sample369.23% · N 130 / 3————
Bangladesh0.00%Small sample272.00% · N 50——0 / 10 / 1—
Ghana0.00%Small sample273.17% · N 41—0 / 2———
Kazakhstan50.00%Small sample283.33% · N 240 / 11 / 1———
Liberia0.00%Small sample250.00% · N 440 / 10 / 1———
Mali50.00%Small sample263.64% · N 110 / 11 / 1———
Unspecified nationality code0.00%Small sample212.50% · N 8—0 / 2———
Armenia100.00%Small sample150.00% · N 2—1 / 1———
Burkina Faso100.00%Small sample170.00% · N 10—1 / 1———
Burma (Myanmar)0.00%Small sample150.00% · N 8——0 / 1——
Cameroon100.00%Small sample167.39% · N 46—1 / 1———
Congo0.00%Small sample166.67% · N 6—0 / 1———
Egypt0.00%Small sample147.62% · N 21—0 / 1———
Former Countries (UR)0.00%Small sample133.33% · N 9——0 / 1——
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)100.00%Small sample150.00% · N 12—1 / 1———
Kenya100.00%Small sample181.82% · N 11——1 / 1——
Kuwait0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 30 / 1————
Morocco0.00%Small sample180.00% · N 5——0 / 1——
Rwanda100.00%Small sample150.00% · N 4——1 / 1——
Sierra Leone0.00%Small sample170.00% · N 100 / 1————
Unknown Nationality0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 70 / 1————
Vietnam100.00%Small sample160.00% · N 10——1 / 1——
New York - Varick · NYV
China81.58%Small sample3879.33% · N 890———27 / 344 / 4
India28.57%Small sample1457.24% · N 1,153———4 / 120 / 2
Ecuador0.00%Small sample1118.90% · N 4,820———0 / 100 / 1
Honduras12.50%Small sample834.42% · N 770——0 / 41 / 4—
Albania100.00%Small sample784.48% · N 58———7 / 7—
Cameroon100.00%Small sample7100.00% · N 28———7 / 7—
El Salvador0.00%Small sample728.04% · N 756———0 / 7—
Bangladesh50.00%Small sample674.09% · N 274———3 / 6—
Nepal20.00%Small sample574.50% · N 149———1 / 40 / 1
Guatemala0.00%Small sample421.69% · N 461———0 / 4—
Haiti100.00%Small sample336.47% · N 85————3 / 3
Belize0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 3————0 / 1
Former Countries (UR)0.00%Small sample178.57% · N 14———0 / 1—
Ghana0.00%Small sample194.12% · N 34————0 / 1
Mexico0.00%Small sample118.29% · N 82———0 / 1—
Pakistan0.00%Small sample168.04% · N 97———0 / 1—
Turkiye0.00%Small sample169.57% · N 253———0 / 1—
Ukraine100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 19———1 / 1—
Venezuela100.00%Small sample179.52% · N 249———1 / 1—
LaSalle
Cameroon100.00%Small sample1746.28% · N 121———12 / 125 / 5
Cuba100.00%Small sample736.36% · N 88———7 / 7—
Venezuela100.00%Small sample522.83% · N 92———4 / 41 / 1
Eritrea100.00%Small sample223.08% · N 26———2 / 2—
Guatemala0.00%Small sample10.91% · N 110————0 / 1
New York - Federal Plaza
Georgia100.00%Small sample381.98% · N 455——3 / 3——
El Salvador100.00%Small sample162.34% · N 1,086———1 / 1—
Russia0.00%Small sample186.94% · N 988——0 / 1——
Memphis · MEM
India0.00%Small sample217.27% · N 1390 / 2————
Orlando
Burma (Myanmar)0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 5————0 / 1
San Antonio
Colombia0.00%Small sample19.90% · N 313—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.

Philadelphia · PHI · All proceedings · 2026-09–2029-08

Asylum-associated records are a subset of All proceedings.

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

Same count scale for both hearing types. Browse horizontally to see all 36 months.

Proceedings

Master Calendar Hearings

Individual / Merits Hearings

Months with no retained records show 0.

Monthly counts are available for all recorded courts below.

Elizabeth · ELZ

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

Harlingen · HLG

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

LaSalle · JNA

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

New York - Varick · NYV

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

Philadelphia · PHI

Monthly counts

Forrest W., III Hoover · FHR · Philadelphia · PHI · 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
2026-096639829383
2026-105458632974
2026-115254723232
2026-124717821563
2027-013507116461
2027-023357615864
2027-033718312970
2027-04278926384
2027-053777219062
2027-063338313676
2027-07152692462
2027-083607515567
2027-09193083
2027-1012276168
2027-11150143
2027-12062055
2028-01067055
2028-02057051
2028-03092086
2028-04051045
2028-05086074
2028-06070062
2028-07068063
2028-08071067
2028-09064053
2028-10181174
2028-11077075
2028-12058049
2029-01070064
2029-02057050
2029-03079060
2029-040808
2029-050000
2029-060000
2029-070000
2029-080000

Retained: 7,152Excluded: 984Unable to confirm: 12Source files and checks

Sterling · STE

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

Tacoma · TAC

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)

This judge code has an unresolved identity or name association. Its BIA row is unavailable; this is not a zero count.

Questions about these records

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

It is the recorded grant share: of 541 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code FHR at Philadelphia in FY2021–FY2025, 105 were grants (19.41%) and 436 were denials (80.59%).

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 10 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.

Where does this judge hear cases now?

EOIR’s official hearing directory, checked 2026-09-16, lists this name at Philadelphia.

Under this judge code, the 2026-08 EOIR edition records hearing dates from 2026-09 to 2029-08 at Philadelphia: 4,885 master and 2,267 individual proceedings.

A listing or a scheduled date does not establish a sole duty station.

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

23,320Associated proceeding records
11,401Proceedings linked to asylum applications
5,389Eligible dated asylum records
1,297Dated 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
24
Earliest recorded completion FY
FY1997
Latest recorded completion FY
FY2026 · Partial year
Why some source records are outside the dated results
  • 6,008 eligible asylum records have no completion date.
  • 7,280 eligible asylum records have no application result; 1,325 of them appear in the dated list. 5,955 records lack both a usable completion date and an application result. The missing-date and missing-result counts overlap.
  • 1 asylum-linked proceedings are outside the included proceeding types.
  • 3 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.

11,397 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

On the checked official listing

An official listing may include supervisory or multiple-court assignments; it does not establish a sole duty station.

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.

Elizabeth

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
91
Reliable asylum association
30
No identifiable asylum association
61

Harlingen

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
4
No identifiable asylum association
4

LaSalle

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
1,062
Other schedule types
177
Reliable asylum association
760
No identifiable asylum association
302

New York - Varick

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
6,658
Other schedule types
140
Reliable asylum association
3,556
No identifiable asylum association
3,102

Philadelphia

Retained: 7,152Excluded: 984Unable to confirm: 12

Raw Master and Individual records
8,148
Unconfirmed proportion
0.15%
Recorded handling reason
976
Recorded proceeding completion
8
Multiple future records without a handling reason
12
Historical schedule records
30,542
Future schedule records
8,149
Other schedule types
44
Reliable asylum association
22,550
No identifiable asylum association
16,141
Schedule and proceeding judge codes differ
1

Sterling · STE

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
34
Reliable asylum association
22
No identifiable asylum association
12

Tacoma

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
67
Other schedule types
23
Reliable asylum association
29
No identifiable asylum association
38
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: FHR · 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 coverageFY1997–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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