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Recording an internet-based hearing is prohibited (8 C.F.R. § 1003.28). Respondents without a representative default to in-person hearings.
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Yvan E Murad earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1997 from Radford University and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. From 2023 to 2024, he served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in New York City. Previously he was a partner at Murad and Murad PC in Boulder, Colorado, where he represented noncitizens before EOIR and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (2007-2023), and earlier practiced immigration law with the Mountain States Employers Council and the Law Office of Nancy M. Lawrence in Vienna, Virginia. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
414
Completions per year
2,483 total
4.6%
Detained at decision
share of cases
19.2 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
49.3%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
8.3%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 14 appeals — too few
Bond decisions
Custody redetermination (bond) rulings since 2021.
"Granted" means the judge lowered the bond, ordered release on recognizance, or otherwise granted the request.
33.3%⚠
Bond requests granted
3 bond decisions Too few cases
$4,000
Median bond when set
1 bonds with amounts
0%
Released on own recognizance
This judge 33.3%
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%
286 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
1.2%
404 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
63%⚠
27 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
25%⚠
4 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
100%⚠
6 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
91.2%⚠
34 decisions Too few cases
22%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 286 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
22%
This court
32.6%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the bottom 44% 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 · 267 decisions since 2021
23.2%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 19 decisions since 2021
5.3%
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.
* 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).