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From FY2021 to FY2025, 66 of 160 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code MWK at Denver were grants (41.25%) and 94 were denials (58.75%). In the same years, the court recorded 35.93% and the national figure was 37.33%. EOIR data through 2026-08-31; past records do not predict an individual case.

Recorded grant share · Denver · DEN

Grants 66 · Denials 94 · N 160
95% interval: 33.91%–49.00%

Judge code MWK
41.25%N 160
Denver
35.93%N 5,085
United States · all courts
37.33%N 367,995

Among comparable judge codes at this court

12 judge codes at this court have 100 or more grant-or-denial records in FY2021–FY2025. Their recorded grant shares range from 11.37% to 63.52%; the median is 32.04%.
FY2026 so far
1.27%79 records through 2026-08-31 · court: 11.97%
Record coverage
10 courts with recordsFY1998–FY2026 · 37 court-years · Courts are not pooled
Hearing dates on calendar
1,269 master · 38 individualDenver · proceedings with hearing dates, 2026-09–2029-08Hearing schedule
Data through
2026-08-31EOIR records · official listing: Aurora · Denver, 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 Denver

0%25%50%75%100%FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY202620.00%22.22%0.00%100.00%38.24%52.94%45.00%25.53%1.27%51.68%22.31%16.57%21.68%43.81%45.48%50.18%36.55%19.95%11.97%37.13%46.12%47.28%43.52%23.13%
  • Judge code MWK
  • Denver
  • 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
Denver · DENExplore this court's full context
FY2026Partial year1.27%Small sample791780.22%–6.83%
FY202525.53%Small sample47123515.25%–39.51%
FY202445.00%Small sample40182230.71%–60.17%
FY202352.94%Small sample34181636.74%–68.55%
FY202238.24%Small sample34132123.90%–54.96%
FY2021100.00%Small sample55056.55%–100.00%
FY20200.00%Small sample48048<0.01%–7.41%
FY201922.22%Small sample54124213.20%–34.94%
FY201820.00%Small sample153127.05%–45.19%
FY20090.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20060.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20040.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Aurora · AURExplore this court's full context
FY2026Partial year33.33%Small sample6249.68%–70.00%
FY20256.12%Small sample493462.10%–16.52%
FY202416.67%Small sample244206.68%–35.85%
FY20230.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY202150.00%Small sample42215.00%–85.00%
FY202055.26%Small sample38211739.71%–69.85%
FY201912.50%Small sample405355.46%–26.11%
Otero · OTOExplore this court's full context
FY202550.00%Small sample2119.45%–90.55%
FY20190.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Pearsall · PSDExplore this court's full context
FY202533.33%Small sample3126.15%–79.23%
Imperial · IMPExplore this court's full context
FY20250.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
San Francisco · SFRExplore this court's full context
FY202420.00%Small sample5143.62%–62.45%
FY2023100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
FY201560.00%Small sample53223.07%–88.24%
Chicago · CHIExplore this court's full context
FY20240.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
Memphis · MEMExplore this court's full context
FY20210.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY201820.26%1533112214.66%–27.32%
FY201716.88%1602713311.86%–23.44%
FY201615.48%1682614210.79%–21.71%
FY2015100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
FY20020.00%Small sample5050.00%–43.45%
FY19980.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
LaSalle · JNAExplore this court's full context
FY20170.00%Small sample707<0.01%–35.43%
Elizabeth · ELZExplore this court's full context
FY20170.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY201675.00%Small sample43130.06%–95.44%

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
Denver
Colombia27.27%Small sample3322.14% · N 1,4864 / 102 / 153 / 8——
Mexico0.00%Small sample1414.11% · N 6380 / 80 / 10 / 10 / 4—
Venezuela15.38%Small sample1355.06% · N 4051 / 90 / 20 / 11 / 1—
Peru75.00%Small sample1221.45% · N 3594 / 65 / 6———
El Salvador0.00%Small sample935.85% · N 3710 / 10 / 1—0 / 7—
Guatemala16.67%Small sample629.39% · N 3470 / 30 / 1—0 / 11 / 1
Honduras66.67%Small sample628.06% · N 392—0 / 13 / 30 / 11 / 1
Nicaragua50.00%Small sample665.34% · N 1760 / 10 / 10 / 12 / 21 / 1
Bangladesh20.00%Small sample514.29% · N 7——0 / 31 / 2—
Ethiopia100.00%Small sample575.47% · N 53—4 / 4——1 / 1
Iraq100.00%Small sample491.67% · N 12——4 / 4——
Romania0.00%Small sample444.74% · N 38———0 / 4—
Russia100.00%Small sample485.93% · N 135——4 / 4——
Afghanistan66.67%Small sample388.89% · N 271 / 11 / 1—0 / 1—
Cuba33.33%Small sample352.17% · N 230 / 1——1 / 2—
Eritrea66.67%Small sample379.49% · N 39—2 / 2—0 / 1—
Iran33.33%Small sample372.73% · N 111 / 2—0 / 1——
Mongolia100.00%Small sample375.00% · N 4———3 / 3—
Nigeria100.00%Small sample3100.00% · N 10—3 / 3———
Turkiye66.67%Small sample358.82% · N 34——2 / 3——
Uzbekistan33.33%Small sample371.43% · N 140 / 1—1 / 2——
Egypt50.00%Small sample276.92% · N 131 / 2————
Mauritania50.00%Small sample275.00% · N 200 / 11 / 1———
Sri Lanka100.00%Small sample2100.00% · N 2———2 / 2—
Brazil0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 27——0 / 1——
Cameroon0.00%Small sample192.86% · N 280 / 1————
India100.00%Small sample160.00% · N 55————1 / 1
Jamaica100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 1———1 / 1—
Nepal100.00%Small sample184.21% · N 19——1 / 1——
Somalia100.00%Small sample183.33% · N 6———1 / 1—
South Sudan0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 1—0 / 1———
Sudan100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 10———1 / 1—
Turkmenistan0.00%Small sample150.00% · N 2——0 / 1——
Aurora
Mexico0.00%Small sample121.73% · N 1730 / 80 / 3——0 / 1
Sudan14.29%Small sample76.67% · N 151 / 7————
Venezuela14.29%Small sample79.46% · N 740 / 11 / 6———
China25.00%Small sample435.29% · N 171 / 20 / 1——0 / 1
Ecuador0.00%Small sample412.50% · N 240 / 4————
Guatemala0.00%Small sample40.00% · N 390 / 20 / 10 / 1——
Honduras0.00%Small sample47.32% · N 410 / 30 / 1———
Mauritania0.00%Small sample40.00% · N 90 / 20 / 2———
Cameroon66.67%Small sample358.82% · N 17—0 / 1——2 / 2
Nicaragua0.00%Small sample322.73% · N 220 / 2—0 / 1——
Russia66.67%Small sample358.49% · N 106—2 / 3———
El Salvador0.00%Small sample24.35% · N 460 / 2————
Georgia0.00%Small sample230.30% · N 330 / 2————
India0.00%Small sample28.00% · N 250 / 2————
Iran0.00%Small sample225.00% · N 120 / 2————
Peru0.00%Small sample20.00% · N 130 / 10 / 1———
Chad0.00%Small sample123.08% · N 130 / 1————
Colombia0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 23—0 / 1———
Cuba0.00%Small sample123.08% · N 130 / 1————
Egypt0.00%Small sample111.76% · N 17—0 / 1———
Federated States Of Micronesia0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 2—0 / 1———
Guyana0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 20 / 1————
Haiti0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 70 / 1————
Jamaica0.00%Small sample116.67% · N 60 / 1————
Jordan100.00%Small sample128.57% · N 71 / 1————
Morocco0.00%Small sample114.29% · N 140 / 1————
Sri Lanka0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 10 / 1————
Syria0.00%Small sample116.67% · N 6—0 / 1———
Thailand0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 20 / 1————
Uzbekistan100.00%Small sample138.89% · N 18—1 / 1———
San Francisco · SFR
Colombia20.00%Small sample539.73% · N 1,825—1 / 5———
India100.00%Small sample178.26% · N 5,447——1 / 1——
Pearsall
Nepal0.00%Small sample20.00% · N 130 / 2————
Iran100.00%Small sample117.39% · N 461 / 1————
Chicago
Guatemala0.00%Small sample230.19% · N 785—0 / 2———
Otero
Cuba100.00%Small sample128.00% · N 751 / 1————
Venezuela0.00%Small sample110.53% · N 1900 / 1————
Imperial
Ghana0.00%Small sample161.76% · N 340 / 1————
Memphis · MEM
Guatemala0.00%Small sample119.97% · N 691————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.

Denver · DEN · 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.

Adelanto · ADL

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

Aurora · AUR

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

Denver · DEN

Monthly counts

Matthew W. Kaufman · MWK · Denver · DEN · 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
2026-09376141577
2026-1025015797
2026-111046222
2026-122063571
2027-011520230
2027-02930240
2027-03400120
2027-04460190
2027-052000
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: 1,307Excluded: 269Unable to confirm: 2Source files and checks

Elizabeth · ELZ

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

Imperial · IMP

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

Memphis · MEM

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

Otero · OTO

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

Los Fresnos · PIS

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable 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

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
20178120111

Questions about these records

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

It is the recorded grant share: of 160 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code MWK at Denver in FY2021–FY2025, 66 were grants (41.25%) and 94 were denials (58.75%).

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 Aurora · Denver.

Under this judge code, the 2026-08 EOIR edition records hearing dates from 2026-09 to 2029-08 at Denver: 1,269 master and 38 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

21,662Associated proceeding records
5,804Proceedings linked to asylum applications
4,586Eligible dated asylum records
1,044Dated 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
22
Earliest recorded completion FY
FY1998
Latest recorded completion FY
FY2026 · Partial year
Why some source records are outside the dated results
  • 1,216 eligible asylum records have no completion date.
  • 1,907 eligible asylum records have no application result; 723 of them appear in the dated list. 1,184 records lack both a usable completion date and an application result. The missing-date and missing-result counts overlap.
  • 2 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.

5,802 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.

Adelanto · ADL

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
25
Other schedule types
25
Reliable asylum association
2
No identifiable asylum association
23

Aurora

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
5,179
Other schedule types
1,474
Reliable asylum association
1,906
No identifiable asylum association
3,273

Denver

Retained: 1,307Excluded: 269Unable to confirm: 2

Raw Master and Individual records
1,578
Unconfirmed proportion
0.13%
Recorded handling reason
269
Multiple future records without a handling reason
2
Historical schedule records
31,701
Future schedule records
1,579
Other schedule types
238
Reliable asylum association
14,741
No identifiable asylum association
18,539
Schedule and proceeding judge codes differ
3

Elizabeth

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
74
Other schedule types
11
Reliable asylum association
31
No identifiable asylum association
43

Imperial

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
10
Reliable asylum association
9
No identifiable asylum association
1

Memphis · MEM

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
19,773
Other schedule types
150
Reliable asylum association
8,357
No identifiable asylum association
11,416

Otero

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
35
Other schedule types
7
Reliable asylum association
2
No identifiable asylum association
33

Los Fresnos · PIS

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
20
Other schedule types
20
Reliable asylum association
4
No identifiable asylum association
16

Pearsall

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
46
Other schedule types
35
Reliable asylum association
6
No identifiable asylum association
40

San Francisco · SFR

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
14
Other schedule types
5
Reliable asylum association
7
No identifiable asylum association
7
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: MWK · 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 coverageFY1998–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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