What is Judge DML's grant rate?

Immigration Judge DML has an overall grant rate of 38.5% across 1,113 decisions at the Miami Immigration Court. The denial rate is 61.5%.

Where does Judge DML serve?

Judge DML serves at the Miami Immigration Court. You can view all judges and court-wide statistics on the court page.

How many cases has Judge DML decided?

Judge DML has decided 1,113 cases on record in DOJ EOIR data, including 429 grants and 684 denials.

Does a judge's grant rate predict my case outcome?

No. Judge DML's 61.5% denial-leaning history still mixes case types, country conditions, and counsel rates, it is not a forecast for a future hearing. Always consult a licensed immigration attorney.

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Immigration Judge DML

Name: Immigration Judge DML - Case Outcome Data
Creator: PlainImmigration
Published: 2025-09-30
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According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: 1,113 merits decisions place Judge DML among the busiest IJ codes in the FOIA release. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 1,113 decisions FY2015–2025 (#152 of 1.7K).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

38.5%
Asylum grant rate: 61.5%
Asylum denial rate: 1,113
Asylum decisions

Judge DML in one line

Judge DML's asylum grant rate is 38.5% (mid-band grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 1,113 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

38.5%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate: 1,113
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume: -9.8 pp
vs. national average

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"DML" 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.

This judge's merits outcome mix

1,113merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted429(39%)Denied684(61%)

Statistical data only. Judge DML's 61.5% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge DML 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)

38.5% 894th of 1696 higher than 802 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 %
2015	81	34	47	42.0%
2016	63	16	47	25.4%
2017	41	14	27	34.1%
2018	27	7	20	25.9%
2019	249	63	186	25.3%
2020	210	43	167	20.5%
2021	5	1	4	20.0%
2022	107	46	61	43.0%
2023	112	63	49	56.2%
2024	85	67	18	78.8%
2025	133	75	58	56.4%

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge DML's grant rate

EOIR publishes immigration judges as three-letter codes, not names. This chamber lists nationwide IJs whose asylum grant rate is closest to 38.5% (ABS gap), with a merits-volume stamp so volume is visible without a second identical card grid.

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

IJ	Grant	Δ vs here	Merits	Stamp	Court
PMH	38.5%	same	590	FULL	Phoenix
VAB	38.5%	same	156	LIGHT	San Francisco
CMM	38.5%	same	130	LIGHT	Laredo
PD1	38.5%	same	65	THIN	Kansas City
JAZ	38.5%	same	39	THIN	Chelmsford
BAR	38.5%	same	26	THIN	Otay Mesa

Same-bench poles at Miami

Same-bench spread at Miami: Judge DML runs 38.5% - below the 48.3% national average among IJs with at least 20 merits here.

Nationwide judges with similar asylum caseload

Other courts' busiest IJ codes by merits volume, a caseload peer set orthogonal to the ABS(grant-rate) chamber above.

IJ LES · New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court · 1,112 merits · 74.6% grant
IJ SNA · Chicago Immigration Court · 1,115 merits · 62.2% grant
IJ AVP · New York - Broadway Immigration Court · 1,104 merits · 54.1% grant
IJ EBW · Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court · 1,123 merits · 12.4% grant

Heavy-corpus IJ code DML: 1,113 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Judge DML's 1,113-decision EOIR row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ DML at Miami Immigration Court; merits-decision volume 1,113. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 1,113 decisions FY2015–2025 (#152 of 1.7K).

Judge DML's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - merits-decision volume 1,113, 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 DML'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.