Diane Dodd

New York (NYB) · New York

Diane Dodd is listed with New York (NYB). The database records 478 asylum outcomes: 131 approved, 347 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case.

Decision approval rate27.4%Approved ÷（Approved + Denied）

Approved share of all outcomes27.4%Approved ÷ all outcomes

Asylum decisions478131 / 347 / 0

Approved / denied131 / 347 / 0Database records only

Yearly changes

Yearly asylum decision trend

Applicant origin

Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality

Each row shows fiscal year, nationality, valid decisions, and approval rate.

Official appointment record

Judge background and appointment

Appointment dateJanuary 2020

Appointed courtNew York, Federal Plaza Immigration Court

Appointment typeImmigration Judge

Official biography

Attorney General Barr appointed Diane L. Dodd to begin hearing cases in January 2020. Judge Dodd earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1982 from the University of Georgia and a Juris Doctor in 1990 from Lewis and Clark College, Northwestern School of Law. From 2016 to 2019, she served as a special assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota, Department of Justice, in Minneapolis. From 2010 to 2019, she served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security. From 1999 to 2010, she served as an assistant district attorney in the District Attorney's Office, in Brunswick, Georgia. Judge Dodd is a member of the Georgia State Bar.

Education: Judge Dodd earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1982 from the University of Georgia and a Juris Doctor in 1990 from Lewis and Clark College, Northwestern School of Law.

Bar admission: Judge Dodd is a member of the Georgia State Bar.

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How to read approval rates

Decision approval rateis approved ÷ (approved + denied). Blue “Other” is shown separately and includes identifiable withholding/CAT protection, cancellation or adjustment, voluntary departure, withdrawal, termination, dismissal, and administrative closure; it is excluded from the rate denominator.Approved share of all outcomesuses approved, denied, and other outcomes in the denominator.

With small samples, a few cases can move the percentage sharply. The page flags samples below 50 and below 200 decisions.

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