The Honorable Immigration Judge Amy C Hoogasian

Phoenix, AZ Immigration Court
Appointed 2010 · President Barack Obama Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.
16 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration

Background

The Honorable Immigration Judge Amy C. Hoogasian earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and attended The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Before her appointment, she worked as a county prosecutor, a hearing officer with the Illinois Pollution Control Board, a prosecutor with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/DHS beginning in 1999, and chief counsel at Uline Inc.; she later served as an assistant chief immigration judge in Phoenix.

Caseload & process (since 2021)
74
Completions per year
149 total
0%
Detained at decision
share of cases
38 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
0.7%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
0%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
Appeals remanded or reversed

Grant rates by type of relief

Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
100% 2 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
100% 8 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
100% 1 decision Too few cases
This judge has no asylum decisions on the merits in this period (since 2021).
Representation comparison unavailable.

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.
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%2015: 88.6% of 70 decisions88.6%20152016: 71.4% of 14 decisions71.4%20162017: 80% of 20 decisions80%20172018: 60.9% of 23 decisions60.9%20182019: 68.6% of 35 decisions68.6%20192020: 25% of 12 decisions25%2020

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).
Phoenix, AZ · home court
148 (99%)