Immigration judge · Annandale Immigration Court (Annex)

Immigration Judge LML

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 LML's EOIR row. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked IJs at 57.1% (above the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

57.1%
Asylum grant rate
42.9%
Asylum denial rate
198
Asylum decisions

Judge LML in one line

Judge LML's asylum grant rate is 57.1% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 198 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

57.1%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate
198
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
+8.8 pp
vs. national average
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"LML" 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 LML 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)

57.1% 455th of 1696 higher than 1,241 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 %
2024 2 2 0 100.0%
2025 196 111 85 56.6%

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge LML's grant rate

This chamber tracks nationwide IJs nearest Judge LML's 57.1% 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 LML are shown here.

IJ Grant Δ vs here Merits Stamp Court
LD 57.1% same 517 FULL Baltimore
ETP 57.1% same 56 THIN San Juan
JBE 57.1% same 49 THIN Harlingen
CEL 57.1% same 28 THIN New York - Federal Plaza
PJC 57.0% -0.1 pp 1,226 FULL Los Angeles - West
FMZ 57.0% -0.1 pp 975 FULL Annandale

Same-bench poles at Annandale

Same-bench spread at Annandale: Judge LML runs 57.1% - above both the 48.3% national average and several benchmates with at least 20 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 KYA · New York - Varick Street Immigration Court · 198 merits · 39.9% grant
  • IJ AJB · Dallas Immigration Court · 197 merits · 45.2% grant
  • IJ MSF · Florence Immigration Court · 197 merits · 43.1% grant
  • IJ SSG · San Francisco Immigration Court · 199 merits · 86.9% grant

Data from DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data for Judge LML at Annandale Immigration Court (Annex). Statistical information only, not legal advice.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ LML at Annandale Immigration Court (Annex); lead-nationality share n/a. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 198 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge LML'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 LML'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.