Newark, NJ Immigration Court

17 judges with decisions since 2021 · Court asylum grant rate 19.9% (11,236 decisions)
Judges (most asylum decisions first)
Maria I AkalskiNewark, NJAppointed December 2022 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
4.1%asylum · 2,313 decisions
Nicole LaneNewark, NJAppointed August 2022 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
8.1%asylum · 1,350 decisions
Leila Mcneill MullicanNewark, NJAppointed March 2020 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
30.1%asylum · 920 decisions
Shana W ChenNewark, NJAppointed March 2019 · President Donald Trump → AG Matthew Whitaker
8.9%asylum · 900 decisions
Alberto J RiefkohlNewark, NJAppointed March 1995 · President Bill Clinton → AG Janet Reno
41.3%asylum · 814 decisions
Leo A FinstonNewark, NJAppointed October 2010 · President Barack Obama → AG Eric H. Holder Jr.
46.2%asylum · 651 decisions
Tamar H WilsonNewark, NJAppointed March 2019 · President Donald Trump → AG Matthew Whitaker
16.5%asylum · 619 decisions
Shifra RubinNewark, NJAppointed January 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
65.6%asylum · 587 decisions
Michael M NealNewark, NJAppointed November 2024 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
7.4%asylum · 567 decisions
Ramin RastegarNewark, NJAppointed January 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
21.1%asylum · 532 decisions
Dennis RyanNewark, NJAppointed November 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
9.1%asylum · 528 decisions
Arya S RanasingheNewark, NJAppointed October 2018 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
21.6%asylum · 518 decisions
Laura N PierroNewark, NJAppointed October 2019 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
24.4%asylum · 434 decisions
David ChengNewark, NJAppointed July 2017 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
26.4%asylum · 341 decisions
Denise A Hinds RoachNewark, NJAppointed June 2020 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
23.5%asylum · 162 decisions
Alan L PageNewark, NJ
—no asylum merits
Donna M BatesNewark, NJAppointed July 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi
—no asylum merits
Susan M BeschtaNewark, NJAppointed November 2018 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
—no asylum merits