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Miami - Krome Immigration Court

According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: a 42.8 pp judge-level grant spread is the widest lottery stamp on Miami - Krome's bench. Grant rate sits in the lower third of tracked courts at 19.9% (below the 48.3% national average). Judge lottery spans 42.8 pp on the same bench.

Data updated 2026-09-05

19.9%
Asylum grant rate
80.1%
Asylum denial rate
1,221
Pending cases
9 mo
Time to decision

Miami - Krome in one line

Miami - Krome's asylum grant rate is 19.9% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 5,224 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

19.9%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate
5,224
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
-28.4 pp
vs. national average
42.8 pp
Judge-level grant spread · wide
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What this court's record shows

Miami - Krome Immigration Court sits in the lower third of tracked courts at 19.9% across 5,224 FY2015–2025 merits (28.4 pp below the 48.3% national average). Historical docket context only.

Wide judge lottery: 1.6% to 44.4% (42.8 pp) across 18 reported judges at Miami - Krome. Case mix and assignment still shape the court aggregate.

1,221 pending cases and an average recorded wait of 9 months describe administrative pressure in this snapshot. Use the peer comparisons below to place this court against similar caseloads and grant-rate profiles, then consult the methodology for the extract's scope and limits.

Court outlook score

C

Court outlook score

55/100

Miami - Krome, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions

A weighted composite of asylum grant rate, time to decision, and backlog ratio against the full tracked-court corpus. It describes the historical docket, not the odds of any one case, and does not weigh legal representation, case type, or judge assignment.

  • Asylum grant rate F 19.9%

    Share of merits decisions granting relief, FY2015-2025

  • Time to decision A- 9 mo

    Average recorded months from filing to decision

  • Backlog ratio A- 0.6%

    Pending cases as a share of the court's own total caseload

EOIR bench spread roll

Grant-rate neighbourhood for Miami - Krome

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Miami - Krome (19.9%), with bench-spread stamps for the same-docket judge lottery.

SPREAD 42.8pp WIDE JUDGES 18 WAIT SHORT PEND 1,221 GRANT 19.9% RANK #45 of 77
Miami - Krome19.9%Conroe, TX20.4%Jena, LA19.2%Adelanto, CA20.6%Los Fresnos, TX17%
Asylum grant rate · Miami - Krome highlighted · DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025

Miami - Krome Immigration Court vs all courts by asylum merits caseload

Where this court's FY2015–2025 asylum merits-decision count sits among every tracked immigration court (inventory signal, not a quality ranking)

5,224 46th of 77 higher than 31 of 77 courts

Immigration courts, banded by asylum merits-decision count

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more courts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Where Miami - Krome sits: Fast but Tough

Each dot is one of the 41 largest immigration courts by merits decisions, split at the MEDIAN grant rate (47.5%) and median average wait (31.0 months) across this set. Miami - Krome's own grant rate is 19.9% and its average wait is 8.5 months.

Grant rate vs. average wait time, 41 largest courts by merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025). Miami - Krome highlighted. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Asylum grant rate (X) and Average wait (months) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Favorable but SlowSlow & ToughFast & FavorableFast but Tough 20%40%60%80% 10mo20mo30mo40mo50mo Asylum grant rate Average wait (months) Miami - Krome Immigration Court: grant rate vs. average wait among the largest immigration courts
Grant rate vs. average wait time, 41 largest courts by merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025). Miami - Krome highlighted.

How to read this

  • Fast & Favorable
  • Favorable but Slow
  • Fast but Tough
  • Slow & Tough
Statistical data only. Miami - Krome's 80.1% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.
Granted1041Denied4183
Asylum Outcomes at Miami - Krome Immigration Court - 5,224 merits decisions, FY2015–2025

Grant rate over time

Lower-third court Miami - Krome: fiscal-year grant path across FY2015–2025 merits.

Fiscal year Decisions Grant rate
FY2015 317 18.6%
FY2016 644 20.3%
FY2017 812 24.4%
FY2018 672 26.3%
FY2019 622 23.5%
FY2020 527 19.0%
FY2021 241 10.4%
FY2022 249 16.9%
FY2023 325 13.8%
FY2024 373 17.2%
FY2025 442 12.2%

The judge lottery at Miami - Krome Immigration Court

18 judges with enough asylum decisions to report. Grant rates run from 44.4% (829 decisions) down to 1.6% (62 decisions) - a 42.8-point spread on the same bench. Rates based on smaller decision counts carry more statistical noise.

Judge names below are the anonymized judge codes EOIR assigns in its public case-data release, not verified public identities. EOIR does not publish immigration judges' full names in this dataset. See our methodology for detail.

# Judge Decisions Asylum grant rate
1 Judge RJF 829
44.4%
2 Judge BSC 804
30.7%
3 Judge SAS 636
26.3%
4 Judge DL 115
13.9%
5 Judge SGA 339
13.3%
6 Judge RYL 199
12.1%
7 Judge SM1 75
10.7%
8 Judge AO 362
10.5%
9 Judge CAM 284
9.2%
10 Judge RDM 50
8.0%
11 Judge JO 314
7.6%
12 Judge JEP 254
7.5%
13 Judge PJM 62
6.5%
14 Judge MLE 287
4.9%
15 Judge PJE 62
4.8%
16 Judge ROS 31
3.2%
17 Judge YKA 220
2.3%
18 Judge TC 62
1.6%

Nationwide courts with similar asylum profiles

Lower-third grant-rate peers for Miami - Krome, plus caseload matches on a second axis.

Similar grant rate (± asylum merits volume)

Similar merits caseload (± grant rate)

Why judge-level rates vary · Browse every tracked immigration court

Lower-third grant-rate court Miami - Krome (19.9%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Miami - Krome Immigration Court; judge grant-rate spread 42.8 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 5,224 decisions FY2015–2025.

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Immigration court outcomes by court and case type · 2025

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Miami - Krome Immigration Court's outcome and grant-rate figures are recomputed live from the EOIR case-level extract on every request, never hand-typed. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-05.