District of Columbia
Administered by Annandale (WAS), VA & Sterling, VA & Annandale (ANN), VA
Among the 84 sitting judges at the courts covering District of Columbia:
57% were appointed under Democratic administrations and 43% under Republican administrations (5 unclassified).
Reflects who appointed them, not how they rule.
District of Columbia has no immigration court of its own. Under EOIR's
administrative control list,
its cases are handled by: Cases are heard at the Northern Virginia courts (Annandale / Sterling — Arlington DHS district).
Court-by-court breakdown
Sitting judges at each court with administrative control over District of Columbia, by appointing administration.
Courts handling District of Columbia cases
Annandale (WAS), VA
42 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 32.7%
Annandale has two EOIR court codes, WAS and ANN, for one courthouse at 7619 Little River Turnpike. This is the Washington-area court, which ran for decades under the code WAS. It moved from Arlington in October 2022 and now carries ANN. ANN is the current code; WAS is the record of the same court before the move, which is why it holds far more judges.
Sterling, VA
30 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 26.1%
Annandale (ANN), VA
11 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 26.4%
Annandale has two EOIR court codes, WAS and ANN, for one courthouse at 7619 Little River Turnpike. This is the Washington-area court, which ran for decades under the code WAS. It moved from Arlington in October 2022 and now carries ANN. ANN is the current code; WAS is the record of the same court before the move, which is why it holds far more judges.