Immigration judge

Lena Golovnin

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Public EOIR asylum decision statistics

Status
active
Data source
EOIR Case Data

Grant rate

49.8%

689 / 1384

Total decisions

1384

Merits decision sample in current public statistics

Grant rate

49.8%

Grants: 689

Denial rate

50.2%

Denials: 695

Other relief rate

0.0%

Other relief: 0

Judge profile

This profile is summarized from public sources for background context only. It is not an ImmJudge evaluation.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Lena Golovnin to begin hearing cases in August 2018.Judge Golovnin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2002 from Hunter College and a Juris Doctor in 2008 from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. From 2010 to 2018, she was assistantchief counsel for the Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement,Department of Homeland Security in New York, N.Y. From 2009 to 2010, she was attorneyadvisor for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Department of Justice (DOJ),also in New York, N.Y. From 2008 to 2009, she was a judicial law clerk and later attorneyadvisor for EOIR, DOJ in San Antonio, Texas. Judge Golovnin is a member of the New York State Bar and the State Bar of Michigan.

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Source: TRAC Judge Report · View original report

Outcome distribution

Grants689 / 1384
Denials695 / 1384
Other relief0 / 1384

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Switzerland

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Total decisions

286

Grants

221

Denials

65

Grant rate: 77.3%Denial rate: 22.7%

India

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Total decisions

180

Grants

93

Denials

87

Grant rate: 51.7%Denial rate: 48.3%

Spain

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Total decisions

138

Grants

33

Denials

105

Grant rate: 23.9%Denial rate: 76.1%

Honduras

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Total decisions

110

Grants

43

Denials

67

Grant rate: 39.1%Denial rate: 60.9%

Guatemala

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Total decisions

108

Grants

22

Denials

86

Grant rate: 20.4%Denial rate: 79.6%

Bulgaria

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Total decisions

83

Grants

44

Denials

39

Grant rate: 53.0%Denial rate: 47.0%

Ecuador

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Total decisions

80

Grants

9

Denials

71

Grant rate: 11.3%Denial rate: 88.8%

Uzbekistan

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Total decisions

41

Grants

18

Denials

23

Grant rate: 43.9%Denial rate: 56.1%

Nepal

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Total decisions

33

Grants

19

Denials

14

Grant rate: 57.6%Denial rate: 42.4%

Russia

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Total decisions

32

Grants

26

Denials

6

Grant rate: 81.3%Denial rate: 18.8%

Venezuela

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Total decisions

32

Grants

16

Denials

16

Grant rate: 50.0%Denial rate: 50.0%

Mexico

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

24

Grants

5

Denials

19

Grant rate: 20.8%Denial rate: 79.2%

Albania

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Total decisions

18

Grants

11

Denials

7

Grant rate: 61.1%Denial rate: 38.9%

Georgia

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Total decisions

17

Grants

9

Denials

8

Grant rate: 52.9%Denial rate: 47.1%

Former Countries

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Total decisions

14

Grants

8

Denials

6

Grant rate: 57.1%Denial rate: 42.9%

Bolivia

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

13

Grants

10

Denials

3

Grant rate: 76.9%Denial rate: 23.1%

Colombia

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

11

Grants

3

Denials

8

Grant rate: 27.3%Denial rate: 72.7%

Guinea

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Total decisions

10

Grants

6

Denials

4

Grant rate: 60.0%Denial rate: 40.0%

Kosovo

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Total decisions

10

Grants

8

Denials

2

Grant rate: 80.0%Denial rate: 20.0%

Nicaragua

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Total decisions

8

Grants

7

Denials

1

Grant rate: 87.5%Denial rate: 12.5%

These statistics come from public EOIR data. They reflect historical statistics only, are not legal advice, and cannot predict any individual case outcome.

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