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; w, }; n& w/ n4 JDetailed data on Judge Tsankov decisions were examined for the period covering fiscal years 2013 through 2018. During this period, Judge Tsankov is recorded as deciding 130 asylum claims on their merits. Of these, she granted 101, gave no conditional grants, and denied 29. Converted to percentage terms, Tsankov denied 22.3 percent and granted (including conditional grants) 77.7 percent. Figure 1 provides a comparison of Judge Tsankov's denial rate fiscal year-by-year over this recent period. (Rates for years with less than 25 decisions are not shown.)
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