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Sarah B. Mazzie
Fort Snelling (BLM) · Fort Snelling, MN
Sarah B. Mazzie is listed with Fort Snelling (BLM). The database records 833 asylum outcomes: 141 approved, 692 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case. · 2020-01-02 – 2026-06-29
Yearly changes
Yearly asylum decision trend
Fiscal yearDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 20261691115806.5%
FY 20257977208.9%
FY 202416733134019.8%
Applicant origin
Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality
FY 2026 · 2025-10-01 – 2026-07-01 · EOIR
NationalityDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 2026 · Ecuador2026-01-05 – 2026-06-256106100.0%
FY 2026 · Mexico2026-03-11 – 2026-06-16220220—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Nicaragua2026-01-14 – 2026-05-26141130—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Venezuela2026-01-14 – 2026-06-11144100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Guatemala2026-01-15 – 2026-06-15140140—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Honduras2025-12-01 – 2026-05-28120120—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · El Salvador2026-03-16 – 2026-06-22110110—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Russia2026-03-18 – 2026-04-225410—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Haiti2026-03-04 – 2026-06-043030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Cuba2026-04-10 – 2026-06-252020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Somalia2026-02-24 – 2026-05-082020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Kenya2026-03-26 – 2026-04-302110—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Nigeria2026-06-01 – 2026-06-011010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Cameroon2026-06-18 – 2026-06-181010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Guinea2026-04-13 – 2026-04-131010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Senegal2026-02-06 – 2026-02-061010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Liberia2026-02-25 – 2026-02-251010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Ethiopia2026-06-29 – 2026-06-291100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Sudan2026-03-17 – 2026-03-171010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
Official appointment record
Judge background and appointment
Official biography
Former Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Sarah B. Mazzie to begin hearing cases in April 2017. Judge Mazzie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 2002 from The University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the DePaul University College of Law. From 2014 to March 2017, she served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Fort Snelling, Minn., and from 2011 to 2014 in Lumpkin, Ga. Judge Mazzie practiced law in Madison, Wis., as a partner in her own firm Gennerman, Mazzie-Briscoe Law Group from 2008 through 2011, and as an associate attorney with Sipsma, Hahn & Brophy from 2007 to 2008. From 2006 through 2007, she served as an immigration attorney for the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Judge Mazzie is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Education: Judge Mazzie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 2002 from The University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the DePaul University College of Law.
Bar admission: Judge Mazzie is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
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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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