Immigration judge John S. Rubenstein
EOIR records John S. Rubenstein as a serving immigration judge, code JSR, with 4,254 proceedings completed in the five fiscal years to 2025 and 45.0% of the asylum applications decided granted, against 37.3% across the country.
Cases, decisions and backlog
- 4,254
- Proceedings completed, FY2021–2025
- 18.9% decided in absentia
- 1,890
- Proceedings pending as of September 2026
- 45.0%
- Asylum grant rate, FY2022–2025
- 277 granted of 616 decided
Over the 4 fiscal years from 2022 to 2025, this judge granted 277 asylum applications and denied 339 — 45.0% of those decided, against 37.3% across the country. A further 993 ended neither way and are in neither figure.
By fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | Completed | Asylum granted | Asylum denied |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 968 | 22 | 207 |
| FY2024 | 1,391 | 73 | 77 |
| FY2023 | 1,407 | 102 | 50 |
| FY2022 | 481 | 80 | 5 |
| FY2021 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Complete fiscal years only. A proceeding is counted in the year it completed, which is not the year it was recorded, so this table is not a record of what arrived.
Where the proceedings were
The courts where EOIR records this judge completing proceedings, which is not the same as the courts they are assigned to: a judge is assigned to a median of three at once and as many as 72, and an assignment is not a posting.
Sources
- EOIR immigration court outcomes by judge, court and fiscal year — U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review · retrieved September 1, 2026
- EOIR immigration judges and courts
Data retrieved