PEP

Case Insights: PEP

The PEP immigration court, based in , , has processed 6,458 recorded cases in the DOJ EOIR dataset. Of those, 4,313 resulted in relief granted (66.8%), 97 were denied (1.5%), and 2,048 fell into other dispositions such as administrative closures, changes of venue, or withdrawals (31.7%). The court has 12 immigration judges on record, whose individual caseloads and outcome patterns shape the court-wide averages shown above.

Between fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025, the grant rate at PEP fell by 7.3 percentage points, moving from 73.9% to 66.6%. That window spans 2 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 MMG has the largest recorded caseload at 1,367 decisions (62.4% grant rate). The spread between the highest-grant and lowest-grant judges at this court is 32.7 percentage points — BTR at 90.5% versus JNC at 57.8%. 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.