What is Judge PMG's grant rate?

Immigration Judge PMG has an overall grant rate of 64.7% across 224 decisions at the Boston Immigration Court. The denial rate is 35.3%.

Where does Judge PMG serve?

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

How many cases has Judge PMG decided?

Judge PMG has decided 224 cases on record in DOJ EOIR data, including 145 grants and 79 denials.

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

No. Judge PMG's 64.7% 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 PMG

Name: Immigration Judge PMG - 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 PMG's 64.7% grant rate is among the highest in the tracked IJ corpus. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked IJs at 64.7% (above the 48.3% national average).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

64.7%
Asylum grant rate: 35.3%
Asylum denial rate: 224
Asylum decisions

Judge PMG in one line

Judge PMG's asylum grant rate is 64.7% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 224 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

64.7%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate: 224
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume: +16.4 pp
vs. national average

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"PMG" 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

224merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted145(65%)Denied79(35%)

Statistical data only. Judge PMG's 64.7% grant-leaning history still mixes case types and nationalities, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge PMG 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)

64.7% 286th of 1696 higher than 1,410 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	19	13	6	68.4%
2016	27	20	7	74.1%
2017	38	22	16	57.9%
2018	34	17	17	50.0%
2019	55	45	10	81.8%
2020	28	15	13	53.6%
2021	20	13	7	65.0%
2022	3	0	3	0.0%

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge PMG's grant rate

This chamber tracks nationwide IJs nearest Judge PMG's 64.7% 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 PMG are shown here.

IJ	Grant	Δ vs here	Merits	Stamp	Court
LCA	64.8%	+0.1 pp	403	LIGHT	New York - Federal Plaza
CKI	64.6%	-0.1 pp	924	FULL	New York - Broadway
DHG	64.6%	-0.1 pp	65	THIN	LaSalle
MGK	64.9%	+0.2 pp	833	FULL	New York - Varick Street
RAR	64.9%	+0.2 pp	222	LIGHT	Los Angeles - N. Los Angeles Street
DRH	64.9%	+0.2 pp	188	LIGHT	San Francisco

Same-bench poles at Boston

Same-bench spread at Boston: Judge PMG runs 64.7% - 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 KGM · Adelanto Immigration Court · 224 merits · 4.5% grant
IJ JJO · Los Angeles - N. Los Angeles Street Immigration Court · 225 merits · 47.1% grant
IJ AMN · Los Angeles - West Immigration Court · 223 merits · 33.2% grant
IJ TGC · Pearsall Immigration Court · 225 merits · 28.4% grant

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

Read our methodology - how Judge PMG's 224-decision EOIR row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ PMG at Boston Immigration Court; asylum grant rate 64.7%. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 224 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge PMG's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - asylum grant rate 64.7%, 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 PMG'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.