What is Judge PDO's grant rate?

Immigration Judge PDO has an overall grant rate of 79.0% across 390 decisions at the New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court. The denial rate is 21.0%.

Where does Judge PDO serve?

Judge PDO serves at the New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court. You can view all judges and court-wide statistics on the court page.

How many cases has Judge PDO decided?

Judge PDO has decided 390 cases on record in DOJ EOIR data, including 308 grants and 82 denials.

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

No. Judge PDO's 79.0% grant-leaning history aggregates many case types and nationalities, your merits hearing depends on your facts, relief sought, and representation. Always consult a licensed immigration attorney.

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Immigration judge · New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court

Immigration Judge PDO

Name: Immigration Judge PDO - 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 PDO's 79.0% grant rate is among the highest in the tracked IJ corpus. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked IJs at 79.0% (above the 48.3% national average).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

79.0%
Asylum grant rate: 21.0%
Asylum denial rate: 390
Asylum decisions

Judge PDO in one line

Judge PDO's asylum grant rate is 79.0% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 390 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

79.0%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate: 390
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume: +30.7 pp
vs. national average

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"PDO" 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

390merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted308(79%)Denied82(21%)

Statistical data only. Judge PDO's 79.0% grant-leaning history still mixes case types and nationalities, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge PDO 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)

79% 118th of 1696 higher than 1,578 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 %
2017	28	28	0	100.0%
2018	249	198	51	79.5%
2019	111	81	30	73.0%
2020	2	1	1	50.0%

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge PDO's grant rate

This chamber tracks nationwide IJs nearest Judge PDO's 79.0% 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 PDO are shown here.

IJ	Grant	Δ vs here	Merits	Stamp	Court
EPD	79.0%	same	2,213	HEAVY	New York - Federal Plaza
CSE	79.0%	same	1,255	FULL	New York - Federal Plaza
MEN	79.0%	same	652	FULL	New York - Federal Plaza
TNN	79.0%	same	510	FULL	Dallas
EJC	78.8%	-0.2 pp	52	THIN	San Francisco
STT	78.7%	-0.3 pp	887	FULL	New York - Federal Plaza

Same-bench poles at New York - Federal Plaza

Same-bench spread at New York - Federal Plaza: Judge PDO runs 79.0% - 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 DEW · Hyattsville Immigration Court · 389 merits · 55.5% grant
IJ KD1 · Annandale Immigration Court · 389 merits · 38.8% grant
IJ MH · San Francisco Immigration Court · 387 merits · 92.8% grant
IJ FZH · New York - Broadway Immigration Court · 393 merits · 54.5% grant

Data from DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data for Judge PDO at New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Judge PDO's 390-decision EOIR row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ PDO at New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court; asylum grant rate 79.0%. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 390 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge PDO's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - asylum grant rate 79.0%, 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 PDO'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.