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Miami Immigration Court

According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: a 51.8 pp judge-level grant spread is the widest lottery stamp on Miami's bench. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 35,666 decisions FY2015–2025 (#3 of 77).

Data updated 2026-09-05

36.2%
Asylum grant rate
63.8%
Asylum denial rate
282,346
Pending cases
29 mo
Time to decision

Miami in one line

Miami's asylum grant rate is 36.2% (mid-band grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 35,666 FY2015–2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

36.2%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
35,666
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume
-12.1 pp
vs. national average
51.8 pp
Judge-level grant spread · wide
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What this court's record shows

Miami Immigration Court recorded 35,666 asylum merits decisions in the EOIR extract (FY2015–2025). Its 36.2% grant rate is 12.1 percentage points below the 48.3% national rate. That comparison describes the historical docket, not the likelihood of an outcome in a future case.

Wide judge lottery: 17.5% to 69.3% (51.8 pp) across 45 reported judges at Miami. Case mix and assignment still shape the court aggregate.

Heavy-corpus court (#3 of 77): peer grids below match on grant rate and merits volume; methodology covers EOIR extract limits.

Court outlook score

F

Court outlook score

37/100

Miami, 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 D 36.2%

    Share of merits decisions granting relief, FY2015-2025

  • Time to decision D 29 mo

    Average recorded months from filing to decision

  • Backlog ratio F 26.8%

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

EOIR bench spread roll

Grant-rate neighbourhood for Miami

Nearest grant-rate peers for Miami, where the 51.8 pp judge lottery is the standout bench stamp.

SPREAD 51.8pp WIDE JUDGES 45 WAIT MID PEND 282,346 GRANT 36.2% RANK #3 of 77
Miami36.2%Houston, TX36.1%Kansas City, MO36.5%Annandale, VA36.9%Charlotte, NC35.3%
Asylum grant rate · Miami highlighted · DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025

Miami 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)

35,666 3rd of 77 higher than 74 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 sits: Fast but Tough

Each dot is one of the 40 largest immigration courts by merits decisions, split at the MEDIAN grant rate (47.5%) and median average wait (31.2 months) across this set. Miami's own grant rate is 36.2% and its average wait is 28.9 months.

Grant rate vs. average wait time, 40 largest courts by merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025). Miami 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 Immigration Court: grant rate vs. average wait among the largest immigration courts
Grant rate vs. average wait time, 40 largest courts by merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025). Miami highlighted.

How to read this

  • Fast & Favorable
  • Favorable but Slow
  • Fast but Tough
  • Slow & Tough
Statistical data only. Miami's 51.8 pp judge-level spread shows how much the same court can diverge by assignment. Aggregate rates are not a forecast. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.
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Asylum Outcomes at Miami Immigration Court - 35,666 merits decisions, FY2015–2025

Grant rate over time

Asylum grant rate by fiscal year at Miami Immigration Court.

Fiscal year Decisions Grant rate
FY2015 592 39.0%
FY2016 416 41.3%
FY2017 1,488 34.4%
FY2018 3,806 24.2%
FY2019 6,496 20.9%
FY2020 5,397 21.5%
FY2021 911 30.7%
FY2022 3,005 39.0%
FY2023 4,700 44.6%
FY2024 3,301 61.3%
FY2025 5,554 53.7%

The judge lottery at Miami Immigration Court

45 judges with enough asylum decisions to report. Grant rates run from 69.3% (456 decisions) down to 17.5% (154 decisions) - a 51.8-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 MAUSince FY2018 456
69.3%
2 Judge CPNSince FY2017 166
61.4%
3 Judge LIH 767
56.7%
4 Judge RDM 606
53.1%
5 Judge LRJ 976
51.1%
6 Judge MCASince FY2017 784
48.7%
7 Judge IROSince FY2017 734
47.7%
8 Judge RTKSince FY2017 377
46.9%
9 Judge DRH 943
46.7%
10 Judge ALB 1,332
44.4%
11 Judge GWRFY2017–19 only 175
42.9%
12 Judge IMYFY2018–24 only 112
42.9%
13 Judge SEM 1,000
42.5%
14 Judge MKNSince FY2016 567
41.8%
15 Judge CRE 1,133
40.1%
16 Judge JEB 2,108
39.8%
17 Judge AEMSince FY2017 1,343
39.7%
18 Judge DML 1,113
38.5%
19 Judge JEPSince FY2022 138
38.4%
20 Judge MNNSince FY2016 489
37.8%
21 Judge KJBFY2022 only 56
37.5%
22 Judge JRASince FY2016 1,152
35.3%
23 Judge SGA 1,746
35.2%
24 Judge RSOSince FY2017 1,351
33.8%
25 Judge MCH 999
33.7%
26 Judge LME 1,695
33.6%
27 Judge LTB 1,202
33.0%
28 Judge MGMSince FY2016 1,530
31.8%
29 Judge MWA 1,451
31.3%
30 Judge MLEFY2015–19 only 171
30.4%
31 Judge TMCFY2017–23 only 913
29.8%
32 Judge BNRFY2023 only 196
29.1%
33 Judge TCFY2015–19 only 257
28.8%
34 Judge CB1FY2018–22 only 446
28.0%
35 Judge RYLSince FY2022 256
27.7%
36 Judge TSASince FY2017 1,535
26.1%
37 Judge JDD 1,297
24.4%
38 Judge HKMFY2015–16 only 71
23.9%
39 Judge JPLFY2017–19 only 187
23.5%
40 Judge CJSFY2015–19 only 500
22.2%
41 Judge GCVFY2017–22 only 1,416
21.8%
42 Judge DKGFY2017–23 only 660
21.4%
43 Judge BSCSince FY2022 172
20.3%
44 Judge SASSince FY2017 642
18.4%
45 Judge CAMSince FY2022 154
17.5%

Nationwide courts with similar asylum profiles

Heavy-corpus peers for Miami: ABS(grant-rate) and merits-volume matches outside the same state.

Similar grant rate (± asylum merits volume)

Similar merits caseload (± grant rate)

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

Heavy-corpus court Miami: 35,666 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Miami's 35,666-decision EOIR court row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Miami Immigration Court; judge grant-rate spread 51.8 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 35,666 decisions FY2015–2025 (#3 of 77).

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 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.