ASYLUMJUDGE · IMMIGRATION JUDGE PROFILE
Wade Thomas Napier
Charlotte (CHL) · Charlotte, NC
Wade Thomas Napier is listed with Charlotte (CHL). The database records 663 asylum outcomes: 134 approved, 529 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case. · 2021-05-07 – 2026-07-01
Yearly changes
Yearly asylum decision trend
Fiscal yearDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 2026232622602.6%
FY 202518734153018.2%
FY 2024904050044.4%
Applicant origin
Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality
FY 2026 · 2025-10-01 – 2026-07-01 · EOIR
NationalityDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 2026 · Guatemala2025-10-07 – 2026-06-30461450—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Honduras2025-10-14 – 2026-06-26430430—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · El Salvador2025-10-16 – 2026-06-23362340—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Mexico2025-10-15 – 2026-07-01160160—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Venezuela2025-10-15 – 2026-06-12100100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Haiti2025-10-09 – 2026-06-099090—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Senegal2025-11-07 – 2026-06-268080—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Nigeria2025-12-02 – 2026-04-178080—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Cameroon2025-12-12 – 2026-03-198350—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Nicaragua2025-10-28 – 2026-05-128080—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · India2025-11-04 – 2026-05-197070—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Russia2026-02-12 – 2026-06-115050—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Colombia2025-10-16 – 2026-05-155050—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Ukraine2026-03-17 – 2026-03-174040—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Ethiopia2025-11-07 – 2026-02-173030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Brazil2025-11-14 – 2026-04-213030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Pakistan2025-12-03 – 2025-12-032020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Romania2026-04-24 – 2026-04-241010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Jamaica2026-06-23 – 2026-06-231010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Equatorial Guinea2025-10-01 – 2025-10-011010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Panama2026-06-12 – 2026-06-121010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)2026-03-17 – 2026-03-171010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Ecuador2025-12-04 – 2025-12-041010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Peru2026-04-30 – 2026-04-301010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Bangladesh2025-11-06 – 2025-11-061010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Georgia2025-11-13 – 2025-11-131010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Benin2025-12-23 – 2025-12-231010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Ghana2026-01-06 – 2026-01-061010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
Official appointment record
Judge background and appointment
Official biography
Wade T. Napier was appointed as a Unit Chief Immigration Judge to begin supervisory immigration adjudication center duties and hearing cases in April 2021. Judge Napier earned a Bachelor of Science in 2001 from Transylvania University and a Juris Doctor in 2005 from Northern Kentucky University-Salmon P. Chase College of Law. From 2008 to 2021, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, in Lexington. In 2008, he served as a Staff Attorney for a Trial Court Judge, in Boone County, Kentucky. From 2005 to 2007, he worked in the Claims Litigation Department of Great American Insurance Company, in Cincinnati. Judge Napier is a member of the Kentucky Bar.
Education: Judge Napier earned a Bachelor of Science in 2001 from Transylvania University and a Juris Doctor in 2005 from Northern Kentucky University-Salmon P.
Bar admission: Judge Napier is a member of the Kentucky 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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