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From FY2021 to FY2025, 529 of 590 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code JCS at New York - Federal Plaza were grants (89.66%) and 61 were denials (10.34%). In the same years, the court recorded 73.43% and the national figure was 37.33%. EOIR data through 2026-08-31; past records do not predict an individual case.

Recorded grant share · New York - Federal Plaza · NYC

Grants 529 · Denials 61 · N 590
95% interval: 86.94%–91.87%

Judge code JCS
89.66%N 590
New York - Federal Plaza
73.43%N 26,513
United States · all courts
37.33%N 367,995

Among comparable judge codes at this court

47 judge codes at this court have 100 or more grant-or-denial records in FY2021–FY2025. Their recorded grant shares range from 27.01% to 91.94%; the median is 77.03%.
FY2026 so far
7.95%264 records through 2026-08-31 · court: 7.23%
Record coverage
4 courts with recordsFY1994–FY2026 · 31 court-years · Courts are not pooled
Hearing dates on calendar
1,157 master · 1,457 individualNew York - Federal Plaza · proceedings with hearing dates, 2026-09–2029-08Hearing schedule
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 New York - Federal Plaza

0%25%50%75%100%FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY202680.95%65.43%70.18%44.67%70.59%92.57%96.34%90.34%73.61%7.95%79.19%66.98%57.40%49.07%76.24%80.19%81.89%78.47%51.37%7.23%37.13%46.12%47.28%43.52%23.13%
  • Judge code JCS
  • New York - Federal Plaza
  • 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
New York - Federal Plaza · NYCExplore this court's full context
FY2026Partial year7.95%264212435.26%–11.85%
FY202573.61%Small sample72531962.42%–82.41%
FY202490.34%1451311484.45%–94.16%
FY202396.34%191184792.63%–98.21%
FY202292.57%1481371187.18%–95.80%
FY202170.59%Small sample34241053.83%–83.17%
FY202044.67%1978810937.90%–51.65%
FY201970.18%34224010265.12%–74.78%
FY201865.43%2691769359.56%–70.86%
FY201780.95%Small sample84681671.28%–87.92%
FY20150.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20140.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20130.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20120.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20100.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20080.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20070.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY2006100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
FY20040.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20030.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20020.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20010.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20000.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY19980.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY19960.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY19940.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
New York - Broadway · NYBExplore this court's full context
FY2020100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
Conroe · CICExplore this court's full context
FY201825.00%Small sample4134.56%–69.94%
FY201716.67%Small sample6153.01%–56.35%
New York - Varick · NYVExplore this court's full context
FY20180.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
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
New York - Federal Plaza
China95.54%20284.26% · N 8,08917 / 2257 / 5867 / 6943 / 439 / 10
India90.57%10666.19% · N 3,8307 / 818 / 1836 / 3931 / 374 / 4
Bangladesh95.16%Small sample6281.73% · N 2,1184 / 516 / 1820 / 2018 / 181 / 1
Nepal96.15%Small sample2681.01% · N 1,1435 / 54 / 45 / 57 / 84 / 4
Russia94.74%Small sample1986.94% · N 9884 / 57 / 72 / 25 / 5—
El Salvador64.71%Small sample1762.34% · N 1,086—1 / 23 / 36 / 71 / 5
Honduras66.67%Small sample1266.96% · N 1,008—4 / 64 / 4—0 / 2
Pakistan91.67%Small sample1279.50% · N 3611 / 2—9 / 91 / 1—
Former Countries (UR)90.91%Small sample1191.98% · N 374—4 / 44 / 4—2 / 3
Nigeria90.00%Small sample1085.44% · N 206——4 / 45 / 50 / 1
Albania100.00%Small sample887.47% · N 439—1 / 14 / 43 / 3—
Guatemala50.00%Small sample858.87% · N 5861 / 10 / 12 / 20 / 31 / 1
Ecuador57.14%Small sample729.80% · N 1,0673 / 51 / 2———
Burkina Faso100.00%Small sample683.26% · N 227—1 / 15 / 5——
Colombia16.67%Small sample632.83% · N 3290 / 3—1 / 3——
Georgia100.00%Small sample681.98% · N 4552 / 22 / 22 / 2——
Guinea40.00%Small sample565.41% · N 1850 / 10 / 21 / 1—1 / 1
Uzbekistan40.00%Small sample567.12% · N 4410 / 12 / 4———
Venezuela100.00%Small sample548.38% · N 494—1 / 11 / 13 / 3—
Angola100.00%Small sample482.35% · N 17———4 / 4—
Belarus100.00%Small sample496.84% · N 952 / 22 / 2———
Burma (Myanmar)100.00%Small sample497.78% · N 90—1 / 1—3 / 3—
Ukraine100.00%Small sample495.29% · N 1702 / 2——1 / 11 / 1
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)100.00%Small sample383.05% · N 59——2 / 21 / 1—
Kosovo100.00%Small sample385.00% · N 160——1 / 12 / 2—
Mauritania66.67%Small sample332.50% · N 160—1 / 21 / 1——
Sri Lanka100.00%Small sample362.31% · N 130——2 / 21 / 1—
Turkiye66.67%Small sample369.61% · N 1022 / 3————
Brazil100.00%Small sample233.33% · N 6——2 / 2——
Egypt100.00%Small sample284.68% · N 111—2 / 2———
Nicaragua100.00%Small sample268.38% · N 1172 / 2————
Poland50.00%Small sample240.00% · N 15———1 / 10 / 1
Azerbaijan100.00%Small sample181.58% · N 38———1 / 1—
Bermuda100.00%Small sample160.00% · N 10—1 / 1———
Chile100.00%Small sample161.54% · N 13—1 / 1———
Haiti0.00%Small sample148.68% · N 76—0 / 1———
Iraq100.00%Small sample185.71% · N 7——1 / 1——
Ireland100.00%Small sample150.00% · N 2——1 / 1——
Kazakhstan100.00%Small sample191.96% · N 112—1 / 1———
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)100.00%Small sample171.05% · N 76—1 / 1———
Mali100.00%Small sample178.43% · N 51——1 / 1——
Mexico0.00%Small sample132.50% · N 1600 / 1————
Niger100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 6——1 / 1——
People'S Republic Of Benin100.00%Small sample150.00% · N 2—1 / 1———
Senegal100.00%Small sample135.58% · N 1041 / 1————
Togo100.00%Small sample170.00% · N 20——1 / 1——
Trinidad And Tobago0.00%Small sample175.00% · N 80 / 1————
Turkmenistan100.00%Small sample168.18% · N 22——1 / 1——
United Arab Emirates100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 6—1 / 1———
Vietnam100.00%Small sample160.00% · N 20———1 / 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.

New York - Federal Plaza · NYC · 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.

Retained schedule records exist outside the displayed months.

Monthly counts are available for all recorded courts below.

Conroe · CIC

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

Eloy · ELO

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

El Paso SPC · EPD

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

New York - Federal Plaza · NYC

Monthly counts

Jem C. Sponzo · JCS · New York - Federal Plaza · NYC · 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
2026-097504
2026-10811022995
2026-11127624257
2026-12125553647
2027-012905915948
2027-022824119639
2027-0394793666
2027-0429301426
2027-0541663456
2027-06018016
2027-0750432235
2027-080908
2027-0931532544
2027-10050043
2027-11061057
2027-12026025
2028-01043039
2028-02015010
2028-03053048
2028-04022016
2028-05045037
2028-06022019
2028-07053050
2028-080808
2028-09031027
2028-10040036
2028-11058052
2028-12020018
2029-01038033
2029-02025023
2029-03057052
2029-040807
2029-05077068
2029-06029020
2029-07052047
2029-080202

Retained: 2,718Excluded: 1,642Unable to confirm: 21Source files and checks

New York - Varick · NYV

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

Otero · OTO

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
23612780029

Questions about these records

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

It is the recorded grant share: of 590 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code JCS at New York - Federal Plaza in FY2021–FY2025, 529 were grants (89.66%) and 61 were denials (10.34%).

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 4 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?

This name is not on EOIR’s official hearing directory as checked on 2026-09-16.

Under this judge code, the 2026-08 EOIR edition records hearing dates from 2026-09 to 2029-08 at New York - Federal Plaza: 1,157 master and 1,457 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

17,832Associated proceeding records
8,007Proceedings linked to asylum applications
5,884Eligible dated asylum records
1,784Dated 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
23
Earliest recorded completion FY
FY1991
Latest recorded completion FY
FY2026 · Partial year
Why some source records are outside the dated results
  • 2,110 eligible asylum records have no completion date.
  • 2,427 eligible asylum records have no application result; 392 of them appear in the dated list. 2,035 records lack both a usable completion date and an application result. The missing-date and missing-result counts overlap.
  • 13 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.

7,994 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.

Conroe

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
963
Other schedule types
317
Reliable asylum association
219
No identifiable asylum association
744

Eloy

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
63
Other schedule types
11
Reliable asylum association
21
No identifiable asylum association
42

El Paso SPC

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
21
Other schedule types
5
Reliable asylum association
6
No identifiable asylum association
15

New York - Federal Plaza

Retained: 2,718Excluded: 1,642Unable to confirm: 21

Raw Master and Individual records
4,381
Unconfirmed proportion
0.48%
Recorded handling reason
1,642
Multiple future records without a handling reason
21
Historical schedule records
48,517
Future schedule records
4,384
Other schedule types
52
Retained records outside the displayed range
104
Reliable asylum association
28,204
No identifiable asylum association
24,696
Unlinked asylum records
1
Schedule and proceeding judge codes differ
54

New York - Varick

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
181
Other schedule types
47
Reliable asylum association
72
No identifiable asylum association
109

Otero

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
1
Other schedule types
1
No identifiable asylum association
1
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: JCS · 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 coverageFY1991–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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