Atlanta — W. Peachtree Street, GA Immigration Court
Appointed July 2020 · President Donald Trump→ Attorney General William P. Barr
6 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Republican administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Daniel J Redwood earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1988 from the University of South Carolina, Aiken Campus, and a Juris Doctor in 1991 from Mississippi College School of Law. From 2011 to 2020 he served as Soldiers' Medical Evaluation Board counsel for the Department of Defense at Fort Gordon, Georgia. From 2007 to 2011 he served as assistant chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Oakdale, Louisiana, and earlier served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps in Virginia, Iraq, Louisiana, and Georgia.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
139
Completions per year
557 total
1.8%
Detained at decision
share of cases
46.2 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
1.4%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
10.1%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 13 appeals — too few
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
3.8%⚠
26 decisions Too few cases
Withholding / CAT
0%
50 decisions Moderate
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
15.8%⚠
38 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
100%⚠
1 decision Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
100%⚠
25 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
95.2%⚠
21 decisions Too few cases
3.8%⚠
of asylum claims granted on the merits
Based on 26 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021. Fewer than 50 — treat this figure with caution.
This judge
3.8%
This court
10.8%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
Does a lawyer matter here?
Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyer⚠represented · 26 decisions since 2021
3.8%
Without a lawyerunrepresented
no data
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).