ULS

Case Insights: ULS

The ULS immigration court, based in , , has processed 2,957 recorded cases in the DOJ EOIR dataset. Of those, 2,420 resulted in relief granted (81.8%), 9 were denied (0.3%), and 528 fell into other dispositions such as administrative closures, changes of venue, or withdrawals (17.9%). The court has 2 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 ULS rose by 10.2 percentage points, moving from 76.9% to 87.1%. 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 RFS has the largest recorded caseload at 2,405 decisions (82.1% grant rate). The spread between the highest-grant and lowest-grant judges at this court is 5.3 percentage points — KYA at 87.4% versus RFS at 82.1%. 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.