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From FY2021 to FY2025, 101 of 455 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code PMH at Phoenix were grants (22.20%) and 354 were denials (77.80%). In the same years, the court recorded 17.39% and the national figure was 37.33%. EOIR data through 2026-08-31; past records do not predict an individual case.

Recorded grant share · Phoenix · PHO

Grants 101 · Denials 354 · N 455
95% interval: 18.62%–26.24%

Judge code PMH
22.20%N 455
Phoenix
17.39%N 4,020
United States · all courts
37.33%N 367,995

Among comparable judge codes at this court

10 judge codes at this court have 100 or more grant-or-denial records in FY2021–FY2025. Their recorded grant shares range from 6.31% to 30.47%; the median is 15.98%.
FY2026 so far
6.27%399 records through 2026-08-31 · court: 1.90%
Record coverage
8 courts with recordsFY2017–FY2026 · 19 court-years · Courts are not pooled
Hearing dates on calendar
607 master · 1,736 individualPhoenix · proceedings with hearing dates, 2026-09–2029-08Hearing schedule
Data through
2026-08-31EOIR records · official listing: Phoenix, 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 Phoenix

0%10%20%30%40%50%FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY20260.00%48.39%32.62%14.13%6.27%13.45%8.48%9.06%25.36%19.38%30.43%11.25%1.90%37.13%46.12%47.28%43.52%23.13%
  • Judge code PMH
  • Phoenix
  • 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
Phoenix · PHOExplore this court's full context
FY2026Partial year6.27%399253744.28%–9.09%
FY202514.13%2834024310.55%–18.67%
FY202432.62%141469525.44%–40.73%
FY202348.39%Small sample31151631.97%–65.16%
FY20190.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard · VNSExplore this court's full context
FY2024100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
Eloy · ELOExplore this court's full context
FY202326.92%Small sample2671913.70%–46.08%
FY202236.36%Small sample33122122.19%–53.38%
FY202176.00%Small sample50381262.59%–85.70%
FY202056.57%1981128649.60%–63.28%
FY201937.30%126477929.35%–46.00%
Santa Ana · SNCExplore this court's full context
FY20230.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
Laredo · LROExplore this court's full context
FY2022100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
Tucson · TUCExplore this court's full context
FY2021100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
FY2020100.00%Small sample22034.24%–100.00%
Imperial · IMPExplore this court's full context
FY201940.00%Small sample52311.76%–76.93%
FY201829.37%126378922.12%–37.83%
FY201720.69%Small sample296239.85%–38.39%
San Francisco · SFRExplore this court's full context
FY20170.00%Small sample303<0.01%–56.15%

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
Phoenix
Mexico0.65%1551.63% · N 1,2861 / 1000 / 470 / 8——
Venezuela53.85%Small sample6550.98% · N 4109 / 3819 / 207 / 7——
Colombia5.26%Small sample386.48% · N 2470 / 252 / 13———
Guatemala0.00%Small sample342.44% · N 6980 / 220 / 70 / 5——
Nicaragua55.56%Small sample2735.82% · N 1347 / 147 / 121 / 1——
Russia68.18%Small sample2282.76% · N 5815 / 170 / 5———
Peru0.00%Small sample156.90% · N 580 / 120 / 3———
El Salvador0.00%Small sample123.92% · N 1530 / 11—0 / 1——
Cameroon44.44%Small sample957.50% · N 401 / 32 / 51 / 1——
Honduras22.22%Small sample96.51% · N 2611 / 71 / 2———
China33.33%Small sample654.55% · N 330 / 30 / 12 / 2——
Romania33.33%Small sample619.05% · N 842 / 20 / 30 / 1——
Argentina0.00%Small sample50.00% · N 50 / 5————
Cuba80.00%Small sample544.74% · N 1521 / 22 / 21 / 1——
Ecuador0.00%Small sample50.00% · N 320 / 5————
Haiti0.00%Small sample50.00% · N 120 / 5————
Egypt100.00%Small sample483.33% · N 18—4 / 4———
Iran100.00%Small sample494.44% · N 18—4 / 4———
Nigeria100.00%Small sample450.00% · N 28—1 / 13 / 3——
Afghanistan33.33%Small sample358.33% · N 121 / 3————
India0.00%Small sample39.09% · N 220 / 20 / 1———
Burundi100.00%Small sample260.00% · N 151 / 11 / 1———
Dominican Republic0.00%Small sample20.00% · N 70 / 2————
Guinea0.00%Small sample20.00% · N 60 / 10 / 1———
Hungary0.00%Small sample20.00% · N 3—0 / 2———
Jamaica0.00%Small sample214.29% · N 7—0 / 2———
Rwanda0.00%Small sample266.67% · N 210 / 1—0 / 1——
Sudan50.00%Small sample260.00% · N 5—1 / 2———
Canada100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 1—1 / 1———
Congo100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 51 / 1————
Mauritania0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 30 / 1————
Turkiye100.00%Small sample180.00% · N 15—1 / 1———
Vietnam0.00%Small sample175.00% · N 4—0 / 1———
Eloy
Cuba87.10%Small sample3168.38% · N 136——0 / 13 / 324 / 27
Mexico6.67%Small sample155.91% · N 220——0 / 70 / 11 / 7
Venezuela76.92%Small sample1358.44% · N 77———2 / 58 / 8
Nicaragua30.00%Small sample1030.51% · N 59——1 / 12 / 9—
Colombia0.00%Small sample76.10% · N 82——0 / 50 / 2—
Brazil25.00%Small sample411.76% · N 17——0 / 11 / 3—
El Salvador25.00%Small sample43.03% · N 33——1 / 20 / 10 / 1
Russia100.00%Small sample444.16% · N 77——1 / 1—3 / 3
Cameroon100.00%Small sample331.71% · N 41——1 / 11 / 11 / 1
Guatemala0.00%Small sample34.17% · N 96——0 / 10 / 10 / 1
Syria100.00%Small sample325.00% · N 16——1 / 12 / 2—
Peru0.00%Small sample24.55% · N 44———0 / 2—
Afghanistan100.00%Small sample162.50% · N 16——1 / 1——
Bangladesh0.00%Small sample116.67% · N 18——0 / 1——
Ecuador0.00%Small sample12.94% · N 34———0 / 1—
Georgia100.00%Small sample133.33% · N 27——1 / 1——
Honduras0.00%Small sample113.79% · N 29————0 / 1
Iran100.00%Small sample133.33% · N 15———1 / 1—
Jamaica0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 7——0 / 1——
Pakistan0.00%Small sample15.00% · N 20———0 / 1—
Senegal100.00%Small sample116.67% · N 12————1 / 1
Yemen0.00%Small sample127.27% · N 11——0 / 1——
Santa Ana
Romania0.00%Small sample24.58% · N 131——0 / 2——
Laredo
Venezuela100.00%Small sample152.87% · N 261———1 / 1—
Tucson
Venezuela100.00%Small sample120.27% · N 291————1 / 1
Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard
Russia100.00%Small sample178.25% · N 731—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.

Phoenix · PHO · 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.

Eloy · ELO

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

Florence · FLO

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

Imperial · IMP

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

Phoenix · PHO

Monthly counts

Paul M. Habich · PMH · Phoenix · PHO · 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
2026-09277367021
2026-10142395532
2026-11114423232
2026-1249411536
2027-012443130
2027-02035013
2027-03052040
2027-04041031
2027-05044025
2027-06067052
2027-07059040
2027-08060041
2027-09051033
2027-10058038
2027-11053034
2027-12056029
2028-01046020
2028-02053024
2028-03047021
2028-04056015
2028-05055033
2028-06050027
2028-07054037
2028-08054018
2028-09045016
2028-10058031
2028-11045030
2028-12046032
2029-01149136
2029-02039021
2029-03050021
2029-04064041
2029-05057030
2029-06048019
2029-07042020
2029-080100

Retained: 2,343Excluded: 888Unable to confirm: 236Source files and checks

San Francisco · SFR

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

Tucson · TUC

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 455 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code PMH at Phoenix in FY2021–FY2025, 101 were grants (22.20%) and 354 were denials (77.80%).

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 8 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 Phoenix.

Under this judge code, the 2026-08 EOIR edition records hearing dates from 2026-09 to 2029-08 at Phoenix: 607 master and 1,736 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

20,703Associated proceeding records
5,822Proceedings linked to asylum applications
4,397Eligible dated asylum records
1,459Dated 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
17
Earliest recorded completion FY
FY2005
Latest recorded completion FY
FY2026 · Partial year
Why some source records are outside the dated results
  • 1,423 eligible asylum records have no completion date.
  • 1,748 eligible asylum records have no application result; 360 of them appear in the dated list. 1,388 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.

5,820 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.

Eloy

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
19,957
Other schedule types
4,494
Reliable asylum association
4,591
No identifiable asylum association
15,366

Florence

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
139
Other schedule types
33
Reliable asylum association
27
No identifiable asylum association
112

Imperial

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
7,450
Other schedule types
2,368
Reliable asylum association
3,522
No identifiable asylum association
3,928

Phoenix

Retained: 2,343Excluded: 888Unable to confirm: 236

Raw Master and Individual records
3,467
Unconfirmed proportion
6.81%
Recorded handling reason
888
Multiple future records without a handling reason
236
Historical schedule records
15,556
Future schedule records
3,467
Other schedule types
1
Reliable asylum association
10,472
No identifiable asylum association
8,551

San Francisco · SFR

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
90
Other schedule types
35
Reliable asylum association
40
No identifiable asylum association
50

Tucson

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
2
Reliable asylum association
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: PMH · 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 coverageFY2005–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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