Appointed May 2023 · President Joe Biden→ Attorney General Merrick Garland
3 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Adrian N. Roe received a Bachelor of Arts in 1981 from The Johns Hopkins University and a Juris Doctor in 1984 from Boston University School of Law. From 1991 to 2023, he practiced as a general litigation attorney with various firms in Pittsburgh, most recently Roe & Simon LLC. From 1986 to 1991, he was an associate attorney with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering LLP in Washington, D.C., and from 1984 to 1986 he was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Thomas D. Lambros of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Judge Roe is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
142
Completions per year
569 total
0.5%
Detained at decision
share of cases
27 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
3.2%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
28.3%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
13.8%
Appeals remanded or reversed
130 appeals decided
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
37.5%
267 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
4.1%
294 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
60%⚠
5 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
100%⚠
2 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
89.3%⚠
28 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
80%⚠
10 decisions Too few cases
37.5%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 267 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
37.5%
This court
45.6%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 32% of the 825 judges nationally with enough cases to compare.
Does a lawyer matter here?
Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyerrepresented · 258 decisions since 2021
38.4%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 9 decisions since 2021
11.1%
Asylum grant rate over time
Each point is that calendar year's grant rate, back to 2015 where the judge was deciding cases — the longer career view. Dashed grey line = current national average (31.8%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
Courts where this judge has decided cases
Hearing locations for cases this judge completed since 2021, by number of decisions.
Many judges hear cases from more than one court (detained facilities, video dockets, or reassignments).