Immigration judge · LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena)

Immigration Judge KAW

According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: 67 merits decisions make Judge KAW a thin-volume IJ code in the FOIA release. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked IJs at 59.7% (above the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

59.7%
Asylum grant rate
40.3%
Asylum denial rate
67
Asylum decisions

Judge KAW in one line

Judge KAW's asylum grant rate is 59.7% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 67 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

59.7%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate
67
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume
+11.4 pp
vs. national average
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"KAW" 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. Individual judge grant rates reflect historical case outcomes, case mix, nationalities handled, and legal representation rates all affect these numbers. This is not a prediction for any future case. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge KAW 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)

59.7% 382nd of 1696 higher than 1,314 of 1,696 judges

Immigration judges, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge KAW's grant rate

This chamber tracks nationwide IJs nearest Judge KAW's 59.7% 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 KAW are shown here.

IJ Grant Δ vs here Merits Stamp Court
VPG 59.7% same 196 LIGHT Chicago
JAH 59.7% same 134 LIGHT Chelmsford
DDN 59.8% +0.1 pp 729 FULL Salt Lake City
NHB 59.8% +0.1 pp 659 FULL El Paso
AOC 59.8% +0.1 pp 503 FULL Philadelphia
PLE 59.8% +0.1 pp 306 LIGHT Baltimore

Same-bench poles at LaSalle

Same-bench spread at LaSalle: Judge KAW runs 59.7% - above both the 48.3% national average and several benchmates with at least 20 merits.

Nationwide judges with similar asylum caseload

Other thin-volume IJ codes nationwide, caseload peers when merits counts sit below the corpus median.

  • IJ ERT · Otero Immigration Court · 68 merits · 63.2% grant
  • IJ NYG · Boston Immigration Court · 68 merits · 33.8% grant
  • IJ KAR · Elizabeth Immigration Court · 68 merits · 16.2% grant
  • IJ SNM · Adelanto Immigration Court · 68 merits · 11.8% grant

Data from DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data for Judge KAW at LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena). Statistical information only, not legal advice.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ KAW at LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena); merits-decision volume 67. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 67 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge KAW's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - merits-decision volume 67, 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 KAW'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.