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Mario J. Sturla

Mario J. Sturla is listed with Boston (BOS). The database records 1,703 asylum outcomes: 608 approved, 1,095 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case. · 2020-01-02 – 2026-06-25

Decision approval rate35.7%Approved ÷（Approved + Denied）

Approved share of all outcomes35.7%Approved ÷ all outcomes

Asylum decisions1,703608 / 1,095 / 0

Approved / denied608 / 1,095 / 0Database records only

Yearly changes

Yearly asylum decision trend

Fiscal yearDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate

FY 2026261925203.4%

FY 202541296316023.3%

FY 202414411628080.6%

Applicant origin

Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality

FY 2026 · 2025-10-01 – 2026-07-01 · EOIR

NationalityDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate

FY 2026 · Brazil2025-10-22 – 2026-06-25114211201.8%

FY 2026 · Guatemala2025-10-02 – 2026-05-29292270—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Colombia2025-12-02 – 2026-06-12290290—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Ecuador2025-11-04 – 2026-06-12160160—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · El Salvador2025-10-01 – 2026-05-13130130—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Honduras2025-10-09 – 2026-04-17100100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Haiti2025-10-29 – 2026-02-269090—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Peru2025-10-16 – 2026-05-279180—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · India2025-11-19 – 2026-05-198080—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Dominican Republic2025-11-13 – 2026-05-015050—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Chile2026-01-13 – 2026-04-173030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Angola2026-05-12 – 2026-05-123030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Syria2026-06-09 – 2026-06-092020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Russia2025-11-17 – 2025-12-052110—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Argentina2026-04-17 – 2026-04-171010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · China2026-04-02 – 2026-04-021010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Democratic Republic Of Congo2025-10-28 – 2025-10-281100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Dominica2025-12-19 – 2025-12-191010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Ethiopia2026-05-01 – 2026-05-011100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Uganda2026-04-08 – 2026-04-081010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Mexico2026-05-27 – 2026-05-271010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Egypt2026-05-20 – 2026-05-201010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Turkey2025-10-21 – 2025-10-211100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

Official appointment record

Judge background and appointment

Appointment dateSeptember 2016

Appointed courtBoston Immigration Court

Appointment typeImmigration Judge

Official biography

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Mario J. Sturla to begin hearing cases in September 2016. Judge Sturla earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2003 from Brown University and Juris Doctor in 2006 from the Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. From 2015 to September 2016, he served as a deputy chief counsel, and previously from 2008 through 2015 as an assistant chief counsel, for the Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Boston. From 2007 through 2008, he served as a staff attorney for the Office of Legal Affairs, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York City. From 2006 through 2007, he served as a judicial law clerk for the New York City Immigration Court,

Education: Judge Sturla earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2003 from Brown University and Juris Doctor in 2006 from the Yeshiva University Benjamin N.

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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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