Immigration judge

James M McCarthy

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Public EOIR asylum decision statistics

Status
active
Data source
EOIR Case Data

Grant rate

37.8%

741 / 1958

Total decisions

1958

Merits decision sample in current public statistics

Grant rate

37.8%

Grants: 741

Denial rate

62.2%

Denials: 1217

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 James M. Mc Carthy to begin hearing cases in July 2017. Judge Mc Carthy earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1983 from St. John’s University and a Juris Doctor in 1995 from Brooklyn Law School. From 2014 to 2017, he served as a senior attorney for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in New York, N.Y. From 2011 to 2014, he served as a deputy chief counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, ICE, DHS, also in New York. From 2009 to 2011, he served as a senior attorney for ICE, DHS, in Eloy, Ariz. From 2004 to 2009, he served as an assistant chief counsel for ICE, DHS, in Eloy and Florence, Ariz. From 2000 to 2004, he served as an examining attorney for the Mayoral Commission to Combat Police Corruption, New York City Department of Investigations. From 1995 to 2000, he served as an assistant district attorney, and later as a senior assistant district attorney, at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Judge Mc Carthy is a member of the New York State Bar.

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Source: TRAC Judge Report · View original report

Outcome distribution

Grants741 / 1958
Denials1217 / 1958
Other relief0 / 1958

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Spain

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Total decisions

455

Grants

116

Denials

339

Grant rate: 25.5%Denial rate: 74.5%

Honduras

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Total decisions

281

Grants

101

Denials

180

Grant rate: 35.9%Denial rate: 64.1%

Switzerland

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Total decisions

199

Grants

154

Denials

45

Grant rate: 77.4%Denial rate: 22.6%

Guatemala

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Total decisions

173

Grants

43

Denials

130

Grant rate: 24.9%Denial rate: 75.1%

India

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Total decisions

105

Grants

54

Denials

51

Grant rate: 51.4%Denial rate: 48.6%

Ecuador

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Total decisions

85

Grants

16

Denials

69

Grant rate: 18.8%Denial rate: 81.2%

Guinea

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Total decisions

80

Grants

20

Denials

60

Grant rate: 25.0%Denial rate: 75.0%

Singapore

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Total decisions

79

Grants

5

Denials

74

Grant rate: 6.3%Denial rate: 93.7%

Bulgaria

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Total decisions

50

Grants

27

Denials

23

Grant rate: 54.0%Denial rate: 46.0%

Ghana

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Total decisions

42

Grants

23

Denials

19

Grant rate: 54.8%Denial rate: 45.2%

Bolivia

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Total decisions

31

Grants

14

Denials

17

Grant rate: 45.2%Denial rate: 54.8%

Venezuela

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Total decisions

27

Grants

9

Denials

18

Grant rate: 33.3%Denial rate: 66.7%

Nepal

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Total decisions

25

Grants

20

Denials

5

Grant rate: 80.0%Denial rate: 20.0%

Mexico

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Total decisions

23

Grants

3

Denials

20

Grant rate: 13.0%Denial rate: 87.0%

Mauritania

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Total decisions

22

Grants

5

Denials

17

Grant rate: 22.7%Denial rate: 77.3%

Peru

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Total decisions

20

Grants

6

Denials

14

Grant rate: 30.0%Denial rate: 70.0%

Kosovo

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Total decisions

18

Grants

13

Denials

5

Grant rate: 72.2%Denial rate: 27.8%

Niue

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Total decisions

18

Grants

8

Denials

10

Grant rate: 44.4%Denial rate: 55.6%

Albania

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Total decisions

17

Grants

11

Denials

6

Grant rate: 64.7%Denial rate: 35.3%

Colombia

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Total decisions

15

Grants

1

Denials

14

Grant rate: 6.7%Denial rate: 93.3%

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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