What is Judge MIS's grant rate?

Immigration Judge MIS has an overall grant rate of 58.7% across 303 decisions at the Boston Immigration Court. The denial rate is 41.3%.

Where does Judge MIS serve?

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

How many cases has Judge MIS decided?

Judge MIS has decided 303 cases on record in DOJ EOIR data, including 178 grants and 125 denials.

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

No. Judge MIS's 58.7% grant rate reflects aggregate outcomes across many circumstances, individual results depend on case facts and representation. Always consult a licensed immigration attorney.

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Immigration Judge MIS

Name: Immigration Judge MIS - Case Outcome Data
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Published: 2025-09-30
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According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: Judge MIS's 58.7% grant rate is among the highest in the tracked IJ corpus. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked IJs at 58.7% (above the 48.3% national average).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

58.7%
Asylum grant rate: 41.3%
Asylum denial rate: 303
Asylum decisions

Judge MIS in one line

Judge MIS's asylum grant rate is 58.7% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 303 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

58.7%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate: 303
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume: +10.4 pp
vs. national average

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"MIS" 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

303merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted178(59%)Denied125(41%)

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 MIS 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)

58.7% 400th of 1696 higher than 1,296 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 %
2022	40	30	10	75.0%
2023	242	139	103	57.4%
2024	21	9	12	42.9%

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge MIS's grant rate

This chamber tracks nationwide IJs nearest Judge MIS's 58.7% 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 MIS are shown here.

IJ	Grant	Δ vs here	Merits	Stamp	Court
AVP	58.7%	same	1,603	FULL	New York - Federal Plaza
TSS	58.7%	same	681	FULL	Los Angeles - N. Los Angeles Street
MCS	58.8%	+0.1 pp	1,231	FULL	Chicago
DAS	58.8%	+0.1 pp	464	LIGHT	Baltimore
JAZ	58.8%	+0.1 pp	34	THIN	Chelmsford
SDG	58.6%	-0.1 pp	1,382	FULL	San Francisco

Same-bench poles at Boston

Same-bench spread at Boston: Judge MIS runs 58.7% - 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 DA · Harlingen Immigration Court · 304 merits · 69.4% grant
IJ JPJ · Adelanto Immigration Court · 304 merits · 21.1% grant
IJ GDB · San Antonio Immigration Court · 304 merits · 3.9% grant
IJ CHR · San Diego Immigration Court · 301 merits · 63.8% grant

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

Read our methodology - how Judge MIS's 303-decision EOIR row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ MIS at Boston Immigration Court; asylum grant rate 58.7%. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 303 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge MIS's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - asylum grant rate 58.7%, 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 MIS'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.