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Immigration Judge AJS

According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: lead-nationality share at n/a is the most distinctive stamp on Judge AJS's EOIR row. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked IJs at 54.4% (above the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

54.4%
Asylum grant rate
45.6%
Asylum denial rate
401
Asylum decisions

Judge AJS in one line

Judge AJS's asylum grant rate is 54.4% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 401 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

54.4%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate
401
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
+6.1 pp
vs. national average
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"AJS" is the anonymized judge code DOJ's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) assigns in its public case-data release, not a verified public identity. EOIR does not publish immigration judges' full names in this dataset, so this code should not be read as confirming, or attributing these statistics to, any specific named individual. See our methodology for detail.

Statistical data only. Individual judge grant rates reflect historical case outcomes, case mix, nationalities handled, and legal representation rates all affect these numbers. This is not a prediction for any future case. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge AJS vs all tracked IJs by asylum grant rate

Where this judge's FY2015–2025 asylum grant rate sits among every tracked immigration judge (a leniency measure, not a quality ranking)

54.4% 516th of 1696 higher than 1,180 of 1,696 judges

Immigration judges, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Year-by-Year Outcomes

Historical asylum merits decisions for this anonymized EOIR judge code. Annual rows can be thin, and are not a forecast of any future case.

FY Decisions Grants Denials Grant %
2020 33 8 25 24.2%
2021 117 43 74 36.8%
2022 98 66 32 67.3%
2023 133 88 45 66.2%
2024 20 13 7 65.0%

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge AJS's grant rate

This chamber tracks nationwide IJs nearest Judge AJS's 54.4% grant rate, an upper-third corpus rate, with THIN/LIGHT/FULL/HEAVY merits stamps on each peer row.

1,695 other immigration judges nationwide have a tracked asylum grant rate; the 6 closest matches to Judge AJS are shown here.

IJ Grant Δ vs here Merits Stamp Court
DWC 54.3% -0.1 pp 1,973 FULL Baltimore
AFN 54.3% -0.1 pp 906 FULL Santa Ana
PTP 54.3% -0.1 pp 784 FULL Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street
JSR 54.5% +0.1 pp 721 FULL Hyattsville
FZH 54.5% +0.1 pp 393 LIGHT New York - Broadway
RWV 54.5% +0.1 pp 191 LIGHT Annandale

Same-bench poles at Newark

Same-bench spread at Newark: Judge AJS runs 54.4% - above both the 48.3% national average and several benchmates with at least 20 merits.

Bench high
IJ AJR
86.9%
1,517 merits
Bench low
IJ MNS
10.8%
452 merits

Nationwide judges with similar asylum caseload

Immigration judges at other courts with a comparable merits-decision volume, distinct from same-bench grant-rate peers above.

  • IJ PAB · Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court · 401 merits · 29.4% grant
  • IJ BB2 · Orlando Immigration Court · 400 merits · 59.0% grant
  • IJ GAM · New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court · 399 merits · 61.4% grant
  • IJ LCA · New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court · 403 merits · 64.8% grant

Data from DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data for Judge AJS at Newark Immigration Court. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Judge AJS's 401-decision EOIR row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ AJS at Newark Immigration Court; lead-nationality share n/a. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 401 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge AJS's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - lead-nationality share n/a, not hand-typed editorial values. justice.gov/eoir/foia-library-0

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Judge AJS's grant/denial/merits 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.