Detroit, MI Immigration Court

10 judges with decisions since 2021 · Court asylum grant rate 29.1% (3,545 decisions)
Judges (most asylum decisions first)
Ian R SimonsDetroit, MIAppointed September 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
38.3%asylum · 980 decisions
Mark J JebsonDetroit, MIAppointed January 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
14.6%asylum · 726 decisions
David H ParuchDetroit, MIAppointed December 2010 · President Barack Obama → AG Eric H. Holder Jr.
41.1%asylum · 513 decisions
Jennifer M GorlandDetroit, MIAppointed January 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
45.4%asylum · 491 decisions
James C GraulichDetroit, MIAppointed November 2024 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
9.8%asylum · 388 decisions
Benjamin DaveyDetroit, MIAppointed August 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
20.6%asylum · 378 decisions
Christopher CooperDetroit, MIAppointed April 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi
0%asylum · 52 decisions
Jill K KrishnanDetroit, MIAppointed March 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi
0%⚠asylum · 16 decisions
John MoriartyDetroit, MIAppointed May 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Todd Blanche
0%⚠asylum · 1 decision
Christopher R SeppanenDetroit, MIAppointed August 2017 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
—no asylum merits