The Honorable Immigration Judge Susan M Beschta
Newark, NJ Immigration Court
Appointed November 2018 · President Donald Trump → Attorney General Jeff Sessions
7 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Republican administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Susan M Beschta earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1976 from Pratt Institute and a Juris Doctor in 1989 from the City University of New York School of Law. From 1991 to 2000 she was a staff attorney and later senior attorney with Immigration and Refugee Services for Catholic Charities in New York, and from 2000 to 2002 an associate with Bretz & Coven LLP. From 2002 to 2018 she served as an assistant chief counsel and deputy chief counsel with the Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in New York. She was a member of the New York State Bar.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
1
Completions per year
1 total
0%
Detained at decision
share of cases
46.7 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
0%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
0%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
| Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR) | |
100%⚠ |
1 decision Too few cases |
This judge has no asylum decisions on the merits in this period (since 2021).
Representation comparison unavailable.
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).