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Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Chevone Teranza Sanon earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a Juris Doctor in 2005 from CUNY School of Law. From 2019 to 2024, she was at the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Traffic Violations Bureau, serving as a senior administrative law judge from 2021 to 2024 and an administrative law judge from 2019 to 2021. From 2018 to 2019, she served as a senior attorney at the New York State Department of Financial Services. From 2016 to 2018, she served as a senior attorney at the New York State Division of Human Rights. Judge Sanon is a member of the New York State Bar.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
436
Completions per year
2,617 total
1.1%
Detained at decision
share of cases
20.6 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
45.4%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
8.7%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
9.1%
Appeals remanded or reversed
22 appeals decided
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
31.2%
279 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
12.4%
371 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
0%⚠
2 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
0%⚠
1 decision Too few cases
Voluntary departure
100%⚠
26 decisions Too few cases
31.2%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 279 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
31.2%
This court
33.3%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 42% 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 · 235 decisions since 2021
35.7%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 44 decisions since 2021
6.8%
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.
* 2026 is a partial year (data through 06/01/2026) and is incomplete.
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).