The Honorable Immigration Judge Shirley Lazare-Raphael

New York — Broadway, NY Immigration Court
Appointed December 2020 · President Donald Trump Attorney General William P. Barr
5 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Republican administration

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Caseload & process (since 2021)
804
Completions per year
4,824 total
1%
Detained at decision
share of cases
12.6 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
22.7%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
24.6%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
8.1%
Appeals remanded or reversed
802 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.
0%
Bond requests granted
1 bond decision Too few cases
Median bond when set
Released on own recognizance
This judge 0%
National 41.9% · median $6,500

Grant rates by type of relief

Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
22.6% 1,852 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
2.6% 2,824 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
60% 5 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
100% 6 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
89.4% 47 decisions Too few cases
22.6%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 1,852 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
22.6%
This court
33.3%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the bottom 45% 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 · 1,332 decisions since 2021
25.9%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 520 decisions since 2021
14.2%

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%2021: 61% of 59 decisions61%20212022: 24.3% of 383 decisions24.3%20222023: 30.4% of 448 decisions30.4%20232024: 31.5% of 273 decisions31.5%20242025: 11% of 584 decisions11%20252026 (partial year): 3.8% of 105 decisions3.8%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).
New York, NY · home court
4,625 (96%)
82 (1.7%)
57 (1.2%)
24 (0.50%)
7 (0.15%)
6 (0.12%)