What is Judge Hayden Windrow's background?
EOIR's notice says that Hayden Windrow was appointed in December 2020. Judge Windrow earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 from Columbia University, a Masters of Arts in 2000 from the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, and a Juris Doctor in 2005 from the New York University School of Law. In 2020, he served as a trial attorney, District Court Section, Office of Immigration Litigation, Department of Justice, in the District of Columbia. From 2015 to 2020, he served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in New York. From 2005 to 2015, he served as a judicial law clerk at multiple Article III Courts.
What does TRAC report about Judge Hayden Windrow'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 Hayden Windrow decided 1806 asylum cases at Seattle Immigration Court and denied 69.2 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 Hayden Windrow 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 Seattle Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.