Ian R. Simons

Detroit (DET) · Detroit, MI

Ian R. Simons is listed with Detroit (DET). The database records 1,019 asylum outcomes: 376 approved, 643 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case.

Decision approval rate36.9%Approved ÷（Approved + Denied）

Approved share of all outcomes36.9%Approved ÷ all outcomes

Asylum decisions1,019376 / 643 / 0

Approved / denied376 / 643 / 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 dateSeptember 2016

Appointed courtAdelanto Immigration Court

Appointment typeImmigration Judge

Official biography

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Ian Robert Simons to begin hearing cases in September 2016. Judge Simons earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1998 from Michigan State University and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from the Michigan State University College of Law. From 2009 to September 2016, he served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Detroit. From 2011 through 2013, he served as a special assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona, Department of Justice, in Phoenix. From 2001 through 2009, he served as an assistant prosecutor for the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office, in Pontiac, Mich. Judge Simons is a member of the State Bar of Michigan.

Education: Judge Simons earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1998 from Michigan State University and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from the Michigan State University College of Law.

Bar admission: Judge Simons is a member of the State Bar of Michigan.

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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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