Appointed March 2022 · President Joe Biden→ Attorney General Merrick Garland
4 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Evan Schultz earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1991 from Columbia College of Columbia University, a Master of Arts in 1995 from the University of Virginia, and a Juris Doctor in 1995 from the University of Virginia School of Law. From 2015 to 2022, he served as a lawyer in the Appellate Section of the Office of Immigration Litigation at the U.S. Department of Justice. From 2004 to 2005, he served as counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee to Senator Dianne Feinstein, and earlier he worked as a journalist and clerked for Judge Rosemary Barkett on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and for Justice Jay Rabinowitz on the Alaska Supreme Court.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
227
Completions per year
909 total
0%
Detained at decision
share of cases
58.1 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
5.2%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
1%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 1 appeals — too few
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
83.6%
116 decisions Moderate
Withholding / CAT
51.9%
54 decisions Moderate
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
100%⚠
1 decision Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
100%⚠
1 decision Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
100%⚠
3 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
100%⚠
1 decision Too few cases
83.6%
of asylum claims granted on the merits Moderate
Based on 116 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
83.6%
This court
42%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 3% 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 · 112 decisions since 2021
83%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 4 decisions since 2021
100%
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).