Appointed December 2022 · President Joe Biden→ Attorney General Merrick Garland(AG inferred from date)
3 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Richard Bailey earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2005 from Fordham University and a Juris Doctor in 2012 from the City University of New York School of Law. From 2014 to 2022 he was a staff attorney and then a supervising attorney at Brooklyn Defender Services in New York, representing individuals before EOIR, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the U.S. District Courts. From 2012 to 2014 he served as a staff attorney at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar and the New York State Bar.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
807
Completions per year
4,036 total
56.5%
Detained at decision
share of cases
7.5 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
6.6%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
14.7%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
15.2%
Appeals remanded or reversed
584 appeals decided
Bond decisions
Custody redetermination (bond) rulings since 2021.
"Granted" means the judge lowered the bond, ordered release on recognizance, or otherwise granted the request.
70.6%
Bond requests granted
959 bond decisions High confidence
$5,000
Median bond when set
674 bonds with amounts
0.3%
Released on own recognizance
This judge 70.6%
Court average 39.6% · median $6,500
National 41.9% · median $6,500
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
20%
746 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
4.9%
1,454 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
31.4%⚠
35 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
56%⚠
25 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
47.8%⚠
23 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
76.4%
551 decisions High confidence
20%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 746 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
20%
This court
19.8%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the bottom 40% 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 · 576 decisions since 2021
23.8%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 170 decisions since 2021
7.1%
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).