The Honorable Immigration Judge Sarah Sawwan
Hartford, CT Immigration Court
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Caseload & process (since 2021)
98
Completions per year
490 total
0.6%
Detained at decision
share of cases
28.9 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
24.3%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
3.3%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 0 appeals — too few
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
| Asylum | |
0% |
52 decisions Moderate |
| Withholding / CAT | |
0% |
95 decisions Moderate |
| Voluntary departure | |
100%⚠ |
21 decisions Too few cases |
0%
of asylum claims granted on the merits Moderate
Based on 52 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
0%100% granted
In the bottom 2% of the 889 judges nationally with enough cases to compare.
Does a lawyer matter here?
Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyer⚠represented · 45 decisions since 2021
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 7 decisions since 2021
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).