The Honorable Immigration Judge Nicole C Lomartire
Annandale (WAS), VA Immigration Court
Appointed August 2023 · President Joe Biden→ Attorney General Merrick Garland
3 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Nicole C Lomartire earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1995 from Hofstra University and a Juris Doctor in 2003 from the University of Maryland School of Law. From 2017 to 2023, she served as a deputy chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
224
Completions per year
898 total
0.4%
Detained at decision
share of cases
38.7 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
6.4%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
8.6%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 3 appeals — too few
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
54.6%
205 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
7.9%
177 decisions Moderate
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
0%⚠
1 decision Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
50%⚠
2 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
100%⚠
8 decisions Too few cases
54.6%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 205 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
54.6%
This court
32.6%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 15% 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 · 204 decisions since 2021
54.9%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 1 decision since 2021
0%
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).