The Honorable Immigration Judge Julia E Egy

Sterling, VA Immigration Court
Appointed August 2022 · President Joe Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland
4 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration

Attend this judge's internet-based hearing

EOIR publishes a WebEx link and telephonic access code for each sitting judge. Use these only if you have a hearing scheduled before this judge.

▶ Join by WebEx
Dial 1-415-527-5035Access code: 2760 190 9472Telephonic access
Source: EOIR — Find an Immigration Court. Recording an internet-based hearing is prohibited (8 C.F.R. § 1003.28). Respondents without a representative default to in-person hearings.

Background

The Honorable Immigration Judge Julia E Egy earned a Bachelor of Journalism in 1997 from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Juris Doctor in 2002 from American University Washington College of Law. From 2014 to 2022 she served as a senior panel attorney with the Board of Immigration Appeals, and from 2004 to 2014 held supervisory attorney and attorney advisor roles at the Board. Earlier she was in private practice and served as a judicial law clerk for the Baltimore, Philadelphia, and York immigration courts.

Caseload & process (since 2021)
728
Completions per year
4,369 total
1.8%
Detained at decision
share of cases
24.9 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
27.8%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
12%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
3.4%
Appeals remanded or reversed
29 appeals decided

Grant rates by type of relief

Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
25.8% 732 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
2.1% 941 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
0% 28 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
0% 1 decision Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
75% 8 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
91.8% 184 decisions Moderate
25.8%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 732 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
25.8%
This court
26.2%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 50% 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 · 662 decisions since 2021
28.1%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 70 decisions since 2021
4.3%

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%2020: 50% of 2 decisions50%20202022: 71.8% of 39 decisions71.8%20222023: 38.7% of 62 decisions38.7%20232024: 36.4% of 107 decisions36.4%20242025: 23.2% of 367 decisions23.2%20252026 (partial year): 8.3% of 157 decisions8.3%2026*
* 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).
Sterling, VA · home court
4,226 (97%)
51 (1.2%)
25 (0.57%)
9 (0.21%)
6 (0.14%)
4 (0.09%)