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Immigration Judge KAP

According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: Judge KAP's 67.3% grant rate is among the highest in the tracked IJ corpus. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked IJs at 67.3% (above the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

67.3%
Asylum grant rate
32.7%
Asylum denial rate
336
Asylum decisions

Judge KAP in one line

Judge KAP's asylum grant rate is 67.3% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 336 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

67.3%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate
336
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
+19.0 pp
vs. national average
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"KAP" is the anonymized judge code DOJ's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) assigns in its public case-data release, not a verified public identity. EOIR does not publish immigration judges' full names in this dataset, so this code should not be read as confirming, or attributing these statistics to, any specific named individual. See our methodology for detail.

Statistical data only. Judge KAP's 67.3% grant-leaning history still mixes case types and nationalities, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge KAP vs all tracked IJs by asylum grant rate

Where this judge's FY2015–2025 asylum grant rate sits among every tracked immigration judge (a leniency measure, not a quality ranking)

67.3% 252nd of 1696 higher than 1,444 of 1,696 judges

Immigration judges, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Year-by-Year Outcomes

Historical asylum merits decisions for this anonymized EOIR judge code. Annual rows can be thin, and are not a forecast of any future case.

FY Decisions Grants Denials Grant %
2023 47 37 10 78.7%
2024 88 65 23 73.9%
2025 201 124 77 61.7%

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge KAP's grant rate

This chamber tracks nationwide IJs nearest Judge KAP's 67.3% grant rate, an upper-third corpus rate, with THIN/LIGHT/FULL/HEAVY merits stamps on each peer row.

1,695 other immigration judges nationwide have a tracked asylum grant rate; the 6 closest matches to Judge KAP are shown here.

IJ Grant Δ vs here Merits Stamp Court
SC2 67.3% same 950 FULL Charlotte
KIN 67.3% same 294 LIGHT Chicago
JFB 67.4% +0.1 pp 515 FULL El Paso
SMS 67.1% -0.2 pp 419 LIGHT Concord
IRP 67.5% +0.2 pp 277 LIGHT Los Angeles - West
JLS 67.1% -0.2 pp 79 THIN Oakdale

Same-bench poles at Sterling

Same-bench spread at Sterling: Judge KAP runs 67.3% - above both the 48.3% national average and several benchmates with at least 20 merits.

Nationwide judges with similar asylum caseload

Immigration judges at other courts with a comparable merits-decision volume, distinct from same-bench grant-rate peers above.

  • IJ KFH · Otero Immigration Court · 336 merits · 12.5% grant
  • IJ PTW · Hyattsville Immigration Court · 337 merits · 57.9% grant
  • IJ BC2 · Port Isabel Immigration Court · 337 merits · 22.6% grant
  • IJ MGO · Florence Immigration Court · 337 merits · 20.8% grant

Data from DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data for Judge KAP at Sterling Immigration Court. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ KAP at Sterling Immigration Court; asylum grant rate 67.3%. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 336 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge KAP's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - asylum grant rate 67.3%, not hand-typed editorial values. justice.gov/eoir/foia-library-0

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Judge KAP's grant/denial/merits figures are recomputed live from the EOIR case-level extract on every request, never hand-typed. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-05.