Appointed March 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 David Fraiden earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1997 from New York University and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from Brooklyn Law School. From 2014 to 2020, he served as a city administrative law judge for the New York City Office of Administrative Trials & Hearings. From 2002 to 2014, he was in private practice in New York. Judge Fraiden is a member of the New York State Bar.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
102
Completions per year
409 total
0.7%
Detained at decision
share of cases
51.4 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
0%
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.
Asylum
86.1%⚠
36 decisions Too few cases
Withholding / CAT
36.8%⚠
19 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
100%⚠
16 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
100%⚠
1 decision Too few cases
86.1%⚠
of asylum claims granted on the merits
Based on 36 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021. Fewer than 50 — treat this figure with caution.
This judge
86.1%
This court
57.3%
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 · 36 decisions since 2021
86.1%
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).