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From FY2021 to FY2025, 356 of 565 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code MGK at New York - Varick were grants (63.01%) and 209 were denials (36.99%). In the same years, the court recorded 41.59% 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 - Varick · NYV

Grants 356 · Denials 209 · N 565
95% interval: 58.95%–66.89%

Judge code MGK
63.01%N 565
New York - Varick
41.59%N 13,628
United States · all courts
37.33%N 367,995

Among comparable judge codes at this court

23 judge codes at this court have 100 or more grant-or-denial records in FY2021–FY2025. Their recorded grant shares range from 17.58% to 82.89%; the median is 42.52%.
FY2026 so far
30.05%193 records through 2026-08-31 · court: 5.24%
Record coverage
13 courts with recordsFY1997–FY2026 · 41 court-years · Courts are not pooled
Hearing dates on calendar
1,303 master · 1,702 individualNew York - Varick · proceedings with hearing dates, 2026-09–2029-08Hearing schedule
Data through
2026-08-31EOIR records · official listing: New York - Varick, 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 - Varick

0%25%50%75%100%FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY202633.33%7.14%2.70%25.64%50.00%59.70%59.55%71.34%60.68%30.05%21.51%12.84%33.02%41.47%49.56%35.62%38.99%51.45%39.32%5.24%37.13%46.12%47.28%43.52%23.13%
  • Judge code MGK
  • New York - Varick
  • 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 - Varick · NYVExplore this court's full context
FY2026Partial year30.05%1935813524.02%–36.86%
FY202560.68%2341429254.30%–66.72%
FY202471.34%1571124563.82%–77.83%
FY202359.55%Small sample89533649.16%–69.15%
FY202259.70%Small sample67402747.74%–70.61%
FY202150.00%Small sample189929.03%–70.97%
FY202025.64%Small sample39102914.57%–41.08%
FY20192.70%Small sample371360.48%–13.82%
FY20187.14%Small sample141131.27%–31.47%
FY201733.33%Small sample3126.15%–79.23%
FY2016100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
FY20120.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19980.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Boston · BOSExplore this court's full context
FY2025100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
Hartford · HARExplore this court's full context
FY2025100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
San Antonio · SNAExplore this court's full context
FY20250.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Seattle · SEAExplore this court's full context
FY20250.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
New York - Broadway · NYBExplore this court's full context
FY20240.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
New York - Federal Plaza · NYCExplore this court's full context
FY2023100.00%Small sample22034.24%–100.00%
FY20210.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20200.00%Small sample5050.00%–43.45%
FY201965.52%1741146058.19%–72.18%
FY201876.13%2221695370.10%–81.26%
FY201779.82%2181744473.99%–84.61%
FY201679.07%Small sample4334964.79%–88.58%
FY201350.00%Small sample2119.45%–90.55%
FY201266.67%Small sample32120.77%–93.85%
FY20110.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20050.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20010.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20000.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY19990.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY19980.00%Small sample4040.00%–48.99%
FY19970.00%Small sample303<0.01%–56.15%
LaSalle · JNAExplore this court's full context
FY20230.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20220.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
El Paso · ELPExplore this court's full context
FY20230.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Chicago · CHIExplore this court's full context
FY20200.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Elizabeth · ELZExplore this court's full context
FY201760.00%Small sample53223.07%–88.24%
Pearsall · PSDExplore this court's full context
FY201633.33%Small sample3126.15%–79.23%
San Francisco · SFRExplore this court's full context
FY2016100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%

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 - Varick · NYV
Ecuador52.94%Small sample8518.90% · N 4,82025 / 4416 / 252 / 122 / 4—
India71.62%Small sample7457.24% · N 1,15319 / 3320 / 234 / 85 / 55 / 5
El Salvador34.33%Small sample6728.04% · N 75613 / 200 / 125 / 155 / 150 / 5
China81.97%Small sample6179.33% · N 89015 / 1812 / 1611 / 1310 / 122 / 2
Nicaragua81.82%Small sample3363.67% · N 3116 / 1021 / 23———
Guatemala29.63%Small sample2721.69% · N 4612 / 130 / 36 / 70 / 4—
Colombia53.85%Small sample2632.83% · N 79511 / 163 / 80 / 2——
Peru59.09%Small sample2223.97% · N 65511 / 162 / 4—0 / 2—
Russia90.48%Small sample2194.67% · N 5073 / 49 / 95 / 62 / 2—
Venezuela71.43%Small sample2179.52% · N 2497 / 86 / 92 / 30 / 1—
Honduras45.00%Small sample2034.42% · N 7701 / 75 / 60 / 13 / 30 / 3
Turkiye78.57%Small sample1469.57% · N 2539 / 112 / 3———
Bangladesh84.62%Small sample1374.09% · N 2741 / 21 / 17 / 72 / 3—
Albania100.00%Small sample784.48% · N 585 / 51 / 1——1 / 1
Pakistan100.00%Small sample768.04% · N 971 / 12 / 2—4 / 4—
Georgia83.33%Small sample685.48% · N 1241 / 22 / 21 / 11 / 1—
Nepal83.33%Small sample674.50% · N 1492 / 22 / 2—1 / 10 / 1
Dominican Republic20.00%Small sample57.81% · N 640 / 1—0 / 10 / 21 / 1
Jamaica60.00%Small sample557.73% · N 970 / 13 / 30 / 1——
Mexico40.00%Small sample518.29% · N 82—1 / 10 / 11 / 3—
Sri Lanka100.00%Small sample580.00% · N 25——5 / 5——
Guinea50.00%Small sample485.71% · N 632 / 4————
Guyana100.00%Small sample471.43% · N 7——1 / 13 / 3—
Haiti0.00%Small sample336.47% · N 850 / 3————
Uzbekistan100.00%Small sample373.06% · N 2451 / 12 / 2———
Armenia100.00%Small sample2100.00% · N 21 / 1—1 / 1——
Brazil50.00%Small sample223.33% · N 601 / 2————
Egypt50.00%Small sample286.49% · N 37——1 / 2——
Ghana100.00%Small sample294.12% · N 342 / 2————
Senegal50.00%Small sample256.52% · N 231 / 2————
Afghanistan100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 9——1 / 1——
Algeria100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 1———1 / 1—
Belarus100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 211 / 1————
Cuba0.00%Small sample176.92% · N 13———0 / 1—
In Absentia/Unknown100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 2—1 / 1———
Kazakhstan100.00%Small sample195.00% · N 20—1 / 1———
Mauritania100.00%Small sample164.29% · N 141 / 1————
Sierra Leone0.00%Small sample150.00% · N 20 / 1————
Syria0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 10 / 1————
Taiwan0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 10 / 1————
Ukraine100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 19——1 / 1——
New York - Federal Plaza
Armenia100.00%Small sample177.78% · N 27——1 / 1——
China100.00%Small sample184.26% · N 8,089——1 / 1——
Honduras0.00%Small sample166.96% · N 1,008————0 / 1
Poland0.00%Small sample140.00% · N 15————0 / 1
LaSalle
Colombia0.00%Small sample15.26% · N 133———0 / 1—
Honduras0.00%Small sample14.81% · N 187——0 / 1——
New York - Broadway
Peru0.00%Small sample213.59% · N 1,023—0 / 2———
Boston · BOS
Turkiye100.00%Small sample179.03% · N 621 / 1————
El Paso
Turkiye0.00%Small sample173.04% · N 115——0 / 1——
Hartford
Turkiye100.00%Small sample180.81% · N 991 / 1————
Seattle
India0.00%Small sample130.84% · N 4540 / 1————
San Antonio
China0.00%Small sample144.44% · N 360 / 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 - Varick · NYV · 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.

Conroe · CIC

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

Elizabeth · ELZ

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

LaSalle · JNA

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

New York - Federal Plaza · NYC

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

New York - Varick · NYV

Monthly counts

Margaret Kolbe · MGK · New York - Varick · NYV · 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
2026-093606621954
2026-102676816856
2026-11176729862
2026-12163799465
2027-01188789664
2027-02130647659
2027-0312100679
2027-04585270
2027-05077062
2027-06069061
2027-07087077
2027-08070054
2027-09080064
2027-10060056
2027-11057050
2027-12287273
2028-01064055
2028-02074054
2028-03092073
2028-04097072
2028-05092076
2028-06078056
2028-070603
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: 3,005Excluded: 292Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Pearsall · PSD

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

San Francisco · SFR

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

Napanoch · ULS

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
1045915030

Questions about these records

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

It is the recorded grant share: of 565 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code MGK at New York - Varick in FY2021–FY2025, 356 were grants (63.01%) and 209 were denials (36.99%).

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 13 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 New York - Varick.

Under this judge code, the 2026-08 EOIR edition records hearing dates from 2026-09 to 2029-08 at New York - Varick: 1,303 master and 1,702 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

11,638Associated proceeding records
6,359Proceedings linked to asylum applications
4,115Eligible dated asylum records
1,558Dated 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
  • 2,240 eligible asylum records have no completion date.
  • 2,615 eligible asylum records have no application result; 399 of them appear in the dated list. 2,216 records lack both a usable completion date and an application result. The missing-date and missing-result counts overlap.
  • 4 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.

6,355 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.

Conroe

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
218
Other schedule types
80
Reliable asylum association
23
No identifiable asylum association
195

Elizabeth

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
189
Other schedule types
44
Reliable asylum association
54
No identifiable asylum association
135

LaSalle

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
187
Other schedule types
35
Reliable asylum association
70
No identifiable asylum association
117

New York - Federal Plaza

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
12,273
Other schedule types
20
Reliable asylum association
8,932
No identifiable asylum association
3,340
Unlinked asylum records
1

New York - Varick

Retained: 3,005Excluded: 292Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
3,297
Unconfirmed proportion
0.00%
Recorded handling reason
292
Historical schedule records
29,655
Future schedule records
3,297
Other schedule types
1,305
Reliable asylum association
20,405
No identifiable asylum association
12,547

Pearsall

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
57
Other schedule types
3
Reliable asylum association
20
No identifiable asylum association
37

San Francisco · SFR

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
55
Other schedule types
6
Reliable asylum association
24
No identifiable asylum association
31

Napanoch · ULS

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
4
Other schedule types
4
No identifiable asylum association
4
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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: MGK · 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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