Immigration judge

Meghan E Heesch

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Public EOIR asylum decision statistics

Status
active
Data source
EOIR Case Data

Grant rate

24.9%

73 / 293

Total decisions

293

Merits decision sample in current public statistics

Grant rate

24.9%

Grants: 73

Denial rate

75.1%

Denials: 220

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.

Meghan E. Heesch was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in February 2023. Judge Heesch earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2007 from the University of Wisconsin- Madison and a Juris Doctor in 2012 from Harvard Law School. From 2015 to 2022, she served as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California in San Diego, entering on duty through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. From 2013 to 2015, she served as a clinical teaching fellow and supervising attorney in the Detainee Rights Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School, James H. Binger Center for New Americans. From 2012 to 2013, she served as an attorney advisor at the Orlando Immigration Court, entering on duty through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. Judge Heesch is a member of the Maryland State Bar and the Minnesota State Bar.

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Source: TRAC Judge Report · View original report

Outcome distribution

Grants73 / 293
Denials220 / 293
Other relief0 / 293

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Mexico

Sufficient sample
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Total decisions

74

Grants

10

Denials

64

Grant rate: 13.5%Denial rate: 86.5%

Russia

Sufficient sample
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Total decisions

37

Grants

25

Denials

12

Grant rate: 67.6%Denial rate: 32.4%

Guatemala

Sufficient sample
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Total decisions

36

Grants

5

Denials

31

Grant rate: 13.9%Denial rate: 86.1%

Venezuela

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

22

Grants

4

Denials

18

Grant rate: 18.2%Denial rate: 81.8%

Colombia

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

20

Grants

1

Denials

19

Grant rate: 5.0%Denial rate: 95.0%

Switzerland

Small sample
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Total decisions

9

Grants

1

Denials

8

Grant rate: 11.1%Denial rate: 88.9%

Haiti

Small sample
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Total decisions

6

Grants

1

Denials

5

Grant rate: 16.7%Denial rate: 83.3%

Spain

Small sample
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Total decisions

6

Grants

1

Denials

5

Grant rate: 16.7%Denial rate: 83.3%

Vietnam

Small sample
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Total decisions

6

Grants

2

Denials

4

Grant rate: 33.3%Denial rate: 66.7%

Ghana

Small sample
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Total decisions

5

Grants

0

Denials

5

Grant rate: 0.0%Denial rate: 100.0%

Iran

Small sample
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Total decisions

5

Grants

2

Denials

3

Grant rate: 40.0%Denial rate: 60.0%

Armenia

Small sample
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Total decisions

4

Grants

1

Denials

3

Grant rate: 25.0%Denial rate: 75.0%

Cameroon

Small sample
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Total decisions

4

Grants

2

Denials

2

Grant rate: 50.0%Denial rate: 50.0%

Ecuador

Small sample
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Total decisions

4

Grants

0

Denials

4

Grant rate: 0.0%Denial rate: 100.0%

Nepal

Small sample
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Total decisions

4

Grants

0

Denials

4

Grant rate: 0.0%Denial rate: 100.0%

Peru

Small sample
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Total decisions

4

Grants

0

Denials

4

Grant rate: 0.0%Denial rate: 100.0%

Uzbekistan

Small sample
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Total decisions

4

Grants

2

Denials

2

Grant rate: 50.0%Denial rate: 50.0%

Afghanistan

Small sample
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Total decisions

3

Grants

1

Denials

2

Grant rate: 33.3%Denial rate: 66.7%

Eritrea

Small sample
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Total decisions

3

Grants

1

Denials

2

Grant rate: 33.3%Denial rate: 66.7%

India

Small sample
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Total decisions

3

Grants

0

Denials

3

Grant rate: 0.0%Denial rate: 100.0%

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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