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Immigration Judge PDM

According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: 25 merits decisions make Judge PDM a thin-volume IJ code in the FOIA release. Grant rate sits in the lower third of tracked IJs at 8.0% (below the 48.3% national average). Merits volume is thin-corpus at 25 decisions FY2015–2025.

Data updated 2026-09-05

8.0%
Asylum grant rate
92.0%
Asylum denial rate
25
Asylum decisions

Judge PDM in one line

Judge PDM's asylum grant rate is 8.0% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 25 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

8.0%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate
25
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume
-40.3 pp
vs. national average
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"PDM" 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. Judge PDM's 92.0% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge PDM 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)

8% 1593rd of 1696 higher than 103 of 1,696 judges

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge PDM's grant rate

This chamber tracks nationwide IJs nearest Judge PDM's 8.0% grant rate, a lower-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 PDM are shown here.

IJ Grant Δ vs here Merits Stamp Court
RDM 8.0% same 50 THIN Miami - Krome
VMS 7.9% -0.1 pp 228 LIGHT Pearsall
EHM 7.9% -0.1 pp 177 LIGHT Adelanto
EC3 8.1% +0.1 pp 62 THIN Houston - Smith Street
RML 7.9% -0.1 pp 38 THIN Port Isabel
XDD 8.2% +0.2 pp 49 THIN Port Isabel

Same-bench poles at Chicago

Same-bench spread at Chicago: Judge PDM runs 8.0% - below the 48.3% national average among IJs with at least 20 merits here.

Bench high
IJ STP
85.4%
512 merits
Bench low
IJ SME
15.6%
180 merits

Lower-third grant-rate IJ code PDM (8.0%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Judge PDM's 25-decision EOIR row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ PDM at Chicago Immigration Court; merits-decision volume 25. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 25 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge PDM's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - merits-decision volume 25, 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 PDM'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.