Immigration judge V. Stuart Couch
EOIR records V. Stuart Couch as a serving immigration judge, code VSC, with 1,638 proceedings completed in the five fiscal years to 2023 and 7.1% of the asylum applications decided granted, against 37.3% across the country.
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Cases, decisions and backlog
- 1,638
- Proceedings completed, FY2019–2023
- 46.2% decided in absentia
- 0
- Proceedings pending at 2026-09
- 7.1%
- Asylum grant rate, FY2019–2023
- 15 granted of 211 decided
Over the 3 fiscal years from 2019 to 2023, this judge granted 15 asylum applications and denied 196 — 7.1% of those decided, against 37.3% across the country. A further 161 ended neither way and are in neither figure.
By fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | Completed | Asylum granted | Asylum denied |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 79 | 6 | 32 |
| FY2019 | 1,549 | 9 | 160 |
| FY2018 | 1,502 | 9 | 221 |
| FY2017 | 1,692 | 8 | 103 |
| FY2016 | 1,651 | 7 | 75 |
| FY2015 | 1,737 | 10 | 59 |
| FY2014 | 1,333 | 5 | 40 |
| FY2013 | 1,442 | 6 | 43 |
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