Baltimore, MD Immigration Court

29 judges with decisions since 2021 · Court asylum grant rate 32.3% (7,763 decisions)

Judges (most asylum decisions first)

Kuyomars Q GolparvarBaltimore, MDAppointed April 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch

14.2%asylum · 1,263 decisions

Nelson A Vargas-PadillaBaltimore, MDAppointed August 2018 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions

42.3%asylum · 982 decisions

Pallavi S ShiroleBaltimore, MDAppointed October 2019 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr

26.2%asylum · 889 decisions

Alice Song HartyeBaltimore, MDAppointed October 2018 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions

44.1%asylum · 784 decisions

Jack H WeilBaltimore, MDAppointed October 1994 · President Bill Clinton → AG Janet Reno

58.5%asylum · 620 decisions

Wade Thomas NapierBaltimore, MDAppointed April 2021 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland

23.4%asylum · 576 decisions

Joseph KassellBaltimore, MDAppointed October 2022 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland

8.7%asylum · 519 decisions

Zakia MahasaBaltimore, MDAppointed August 2018 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions

65.4%asylum · 497 decisions

Brent JostadBaltimore, MDAppointed May 2024 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland

12%asylum · 368 decisions

Elizabeth Kohler MayaBaltimore, MDAppointed November 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland

39.9%asylum · 343 decisions

Daniel SmulowBaltimore, MDAppointed August 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland

44.1%asylum · 324 decisions

David W CroslandBaltimore, MDAppointed May 1997 · President Bill Clinton → AG Janet Reno

40.7%asylum · 248 decisions

Gordon S VincentBaltimore, MDAppointed March 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi

0.9%asylum · 106 decisions

Jeffrey T SpragueBaltimore, MDAppointed March 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi

9.7%asylum · 93 decisions

Matthew H WattersBaltimore, MDAppointed December 2019 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr

45.5%asylum · 55 decisions

Julie AdamsBaltimore, MDAppointed April 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi

10.4%⚠asylum · 48 decisions

Michael TaylorBaltimore, MDAppointed April 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi

0%⚠asylum · 48 decisions

Agnelis L ReeseBaltimore, MDAppointed April 1997 · President Bill Clinton → AG Janet Reno

—no asylum merits

Bruce M BarrettBaltimore, MD

—no asylum merits

Edward F KellyBaltimore, MDAppointed March 2011 · President Barack Obama → AG Eric H. Holder Jr.

—no asylum merits

Jill H DufresneBaltimore, MD

—no asylum merits

John F. Gossart Jr.Baltimore, MDAppointed 1982 · President Ronald Reagan → AG William French Smith

—no asylum merits

Lisa DornellBaltimore, MDAppointed April 1995 · President Bill Clinton → AG Janet Reno

—no asylum merits

Megan Foote MonskyBaltimore, MD

—no asylum merits

Paul W SchmidtBaltimore, MDAppointed April 2003 · President George W. Bush → AG John Ashcroft

—no asylum merits

S. Kathleen PepperBaltimore, MD

—no asylum merits

Silvia R ArellanoBaltimore, MDAppointed October 2010 · President Barack Obama → AG Eric H. Holder Jr.

—no asylum merits

Status DocketBaltimore, MD

—no asylum merits

Visiting Judge 14Baltimore, MD

—no asylum merits