What is Judge Antonio Capistrano's background?
EOIR's notice says that Antonio Capistrano was appointed in December 2022. Judge Capistrano earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2005 from Rutgers University and a Juris Doctor in 2008 from the Temple University Beasley School of Law. From 2020 to 2022, he was the Managing Partner at MC Law Group, LLC, where he focused on immigration law and criminal defense. From 2010 to 2020, he was the senior associate at The Law Offices of Tahir Mella, P.C., where he represented individuals before EOIR and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.
What does TRAC report about Judge Antonio Capistrano's asylum decisions?
TRAC, a research center that began at Syracuse University, reports that for FY 2021 - 2026 (data covers the first 9 months of fiscal year 2026), Judge Antonio Capistrano decided 779 asylum cases at Philadelphia Immigration Court and denied 60.3 percent, based on its report of Aug 27, 2026. These are past figures for one court. They do not predict your case, which turns on your facts, evidence, nationality and representation, and TRAC cautions against simple comparisons between judges at different courts. Read the full report at TRAC, and talk to a lawyer about your own case.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Antonio Capistrano in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Immigration Judge. The record is not an appointment history or an employment certification.
Dated court associations
EOIR’s court-specific tables associate this entry with Philadelphia Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.