NYB

Case Insights: NYB

The NYB immigration court, based in , , has processed 82,577 recorded cases in the DOJ EOIR dataset. Of those, 58,817 resulted in relief granted (71.2%), 760 were denied (0.9%), and 23,000 fell into other dispositions such as administrative closures, changes of venue, or withdrawals (27.9%). The court has 35 immigration judges on record, whose individual caseloads and outcome patterns shape the court-wide averages shown above.

Between fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2025, the grant rate at NYB rose by 44.5 percentage points, moving from 44.3% to 88.8%. That window spans 11 fiscal years of reported data, covering shifts in bench composition, policy guidance, and nationality mix. The year-by-year table lower on this page shows the underlying annual case volume for every year in the series.

Outcomes vary substantially judge-to-judge. Judge JME has the largest recorded caseload at 4,940 decisions (74.5% grant rate). The spread between the highest-grant and lowest-grant judges at this court is 46.2 percentage points — JLM at 90.5% versus MAU at 44.3%. These differences reflect case mix, nationality assignments, and docket type rather than any single factor, and they are why EOIR cautions readers against treating any judge's rate as predictive of an individual case.