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Immigration court · Orlando, FL

Orlando Immigration Court

According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: a 64.4 pp judge-level grant spread is the widest lottery stamp on Orlando's bench. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 15,998 decisions FY2015–2025 (#14 of 77).

Data updated 2026-09-05

48.4%
Asylum grant rate
51.6%
Asylum denial rate
222,476
Pending cases
30 mo
Time to decision

Orlando in one line

Orlando's asylum grant rate is 48.4% (mid-band grant rate, roughly in line with the 48.3% national average) across 15,998 FY2015–2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

48.4%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
15,998
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume
+0.1 pp
vs. national average
64.4 pp
Judge-level grant spread · wide
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What this court's record shows

Orlando Immigration Court recorded 15,998 asylum merits decisions in the EOIR extract (FY2015–2025). Its 48.4% grant rate is 0.1 percentage points roughly in line with the 48.3% national rate. That comparison describes the historical docket, not the likelihood of an outcome in a future case.

Wide judge lottery: 22.8% to 87.2% (64.4 pp) across 26 reported judges at Orlando. Case mix and assignment still shape the court aggregate.

Heavy-corpus court (#14 of 77): peer grids below match on grant rate and merits volume; methodology covers EOIR extract limits.

Court outlook score

D

Court outlook score

43/100

Orlando, 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 B 48.4%

    Share of merits decisions granting relief, FY2015-2025

  • Time to decision F 30 mo

    Average recorded months from filing to decision

  • Backlog ratio F 41.2%

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

EOIR bench spread roll

Grant-rate neighbourhood for Orlando

Nearest grant-rate peers for Orlando, where the 64.4 pp judge lottery is the standout bench stamp.

SPREAD 64.4pp WIDE JUDGES 26 WAIT MID PEND 222,476 GRANT 48.4% RANK #14 of 77
Orlando48.4%New York, NY48.7%Sterling, VA48.8%Newark, NJ48.9%Las Vegas, NV47.6%
Asylum grant rate · Orlando highlighted · DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025

Orlando 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)

15,998 14th of 77 higher than 63 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 Orlando sits: Fast & Favorable

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. Orlando's own grant rate is 48.4% and its average wait is 29.6 months.

Grant rate vs. average wait time, 40 largest courts by merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025). Orlando 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) Orlando 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). Orlando highlighted.

How to read this

  • Fast & Favorable
  • Favorable but Slow
  • Fast but Tough
  • Slow & Tough
Statistical data only. Orlando's 64.4 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 Orlando Immigration Court - 15,998 merits decisions, FY2015–2025

Grant rate over time

Asylum grant rate by fiscal year at Orlando Immigration Court.

Fiscal year Decisions Grant rate
FY2015 395 48.9%
FY2016 515 29.3%
FY2017 1,179 26.6%
FY2018 1,048 25.6%
FY2019 2,028 32.0%
FY2020 1,082 34.8%
FY2021 427 45.2%
FY2022 376 49.2%
FY2023 1,404 58.5%
FY2024 1,914 66.0%
FY2025 5,630 59.1%

The judge lottery at Orlando Immigration Court

26 judges with enough asylum decisions to report. Grant rates run from 87.2% (47 decisions) down to 22.8% (1,281 decisions) - a 64.4-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 DNSFY2022–24 only 47
87.2%
2 Judge AJNSince FY2016 513
76.6%
3 Judge RJ1Since FY2019 577
73.3%
4 Judge RHCSince FY2016 434
72.8%
5 Judge JSFSince FY2016 191
70.2%
6 Judge RDCSince FY2017 353
65.4%
7 Judge RPRSince FY2016 501
63.7%
8 Judge KNSSince FY2021 759
59.6%
9 Judge EGLSince FY2019 674
59.5%
10 Judge ANASince FY2022 597
59.5%
11 Judge BB2 400
59.0%
12 Judge BNRSince FY2017 455
57.4%
13 Judge IMYSince FY2024 119
55.5%
14 Judge JDRSince FY2019 280
52.9%
15 Judge VG 1,415
48.5%
16 Judge YKASince FY2016 1,265
47.9%
17 Judge HAR 895
44.7%
18 Judge JPLSince FY2016 1,377
43.9%
19 Judge PJMFY2016–18 only 80
41.2%
20 Judge ETPSince FY2024 365
38.9%
21 Judge SFK 1,035
37.8%
22 Judge PJESince FY2020 233
35.6%
23 Judge JG 1,266
33.9%
24 Judge ROSFY2015–20 only 421
32.1%
25 Judge DLFY2015–20 only 316
30.7%
26 Judge KCFY2015–23 only 1,281
22.8%

Nationwide courts with similar asylum profiles

Heavy-corpus peers for Orlando: 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 Orlando: 15,998 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Orlando's 15,998-decision EOIR court row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Orlando Immigration Court; judge grant-rate spread 64.4 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 15,998 decisions FY2015–2025 (#14 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. Orlando 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.