Most asylum granted by a Republican appointee

Total grants — not a rate — among judges appointed under a Republican administration. The list exists because appointing party is a weak predictor of how a judge decides, and this is what that looks like in the records.

#	Judge	Court	Asylum decisions	Asylum granted
1	Amber D George	San Francisco, CA	1,187	1,086
2	Lisa W Ling	New York — Varick Street, NY	2,747	1,027
3	Christopher M Greer	West Valley, UT	1,782	1,000
4	Susan Phan	Sacramento, CA	1,532	931
5	David C Koelsch	Hyattsville, MD	1,279	845
6	Anna C Little	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	1,336	844
7	Jeremy J Butler	Concord, CA	1,193	840
8	David C Anderson	West Valley, UT	1,248	830
9	Donald W. Thompson Jr.	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	1,388	783
10	Robert B.C Mcseveney	Seattle, WA	2,139	714
11	Theodora N Kouris	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	867	711
12	Justin M Price	Concord, CA	882	710
13	Frederic G Leeds	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	811	677
14	Jeremiah Johnson	San Francisco, CA	770	676
15	Michael G Mcfarland	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	1,085	674
16	Scott Thomsen	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	1,302	628
17	Cathy Sagesse	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	1,267	625
18	Dorothy A Harbeck	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	1,062	623
19	Vivienne E Gordon-Uruakpa	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	680	611
20	Mimi Tsankov	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	654	574
21	Deborah E Klahr	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	1,218	572
22	Hayden E Windrow	Seattle, WA	1,895	557
23	Brett M Parchert	Seattle, WA	1,833	555
24	Richard Drucker	Cleveland, OH	1,735	553
25	Robert Gundlach	New York — Broadway, NY	1,343	551
26	Shayne R Burnham	New York — Varick Street, NY	1,387	551
27	Jennifer Chung	New York — Broadway, NY	1,673	542
28	Patrick S O'Brien	San Francisco, CA	1,117	531
29	Andrew Calvelli	New York — Broadway, NY	1,088	526
30	Thomas Bartleson	New York — Broadway, NY	855	510
31	Cynthia Gordon	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	661	510
32	Lisa Ehrens	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	583	503
33	Noel A Brennan	New York — Broadway, NY	561	498
34	Mary C Lee	Philadelphia, PA	1,391	485
35	Dinesh C Verma	Hyattsville, MD	988	473
36	Thomas Mungoven	New York — Varick Street, NY	1,002	473
37	Scott D Gambill	San Francisco, CA	655	471
38	Ann M Mcdermott	Las Vegas, NV	870	468
39	David M Jones	Hyattsville, MD	1,068	464
40	Samia Naseem	Chicago, IL	779	462
41	Lorianne Campanella	Annandale (WAS), VA	1,376	460
42	Lena Golovnin	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	792	436
43	Todd A Masters	Boston, MA	1,182	435
44	Joseph Y Park	San Francisco, CA	709	426
45	Lindsy M Roberts	Las Vegas, NV	665	420
46	Shirley Lazare-Raphael	New York — Broadway, NY	1,852	419
47	Amanda Jeannopoulos	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	941	416
48	Nelson A Vargas-Padilla	Baltimore, MD	982	415
49	Patrick M Mckenna	Chicago, IL	1,082	413
50	Shadee M Star	Concord, CA	842	402

Decisions from 2021 through 06/01/2026. Showing 50 of 417 that qualified. Past patterns, not predictions — every case turns on its own facts and law.