What is Judge KSL's grant rate?

Immigration Judge KSL has an overall grant rate of 68.1% across 430 decisions at the Concord Immigration Court. The denial rate is 31.9%.

Where does Judge KSL serve?

Judge KSL serves at the Concord Immigration Court. You can view all judges and court-wide statistics on the court page.

How many cases has Judge KSL decided?

Judge KSL has decided 430 cases on record in DOJ EOIR data, including 293 grants and 137 denials.

Does a judge's grant rate predict my case outcome?

No. Judge KSL's 68.1% grant-leaning history aggregates many case types and nationalities, your merits hearing depends on your facts, relief sought, and representation. Always consult a licensed immigration attorney.

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Immigration Judge KSL

Name: Immigration Judge KSL - Case Outcome Data
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Published: 2025-09-30
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According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: Judge KSL's 68.1% grant rate is among the highest in the tracked IJ corpus. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked IJs at 68.1% (above the 48.3% national average).

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Data updated 2026-09-05

68.1%
Asylum grant rate: 31.9%
Asylum denial rate: 430
Asylum decisions

Judge KSL in one line

Judge KSL's asylum grant rate is 68.1% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 430 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

68.1%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate: 430
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume: +19.8 pp
vs. national average

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"KSL" 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.

This judge's merits outcome mix

430merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted293(68%)Denied137(32%)

Statistical data only. Judge KSL's 68.1% grant-leaning history still mixes case types and nationalities, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge KSL 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)

68.1% 236th of 1696 higher than 1,460 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 %
2024	137	105	32	76.6%
2025	293	188	105	64.2%

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge KSL's grant rate

This chamber tracks nationwide IJs nearest Judge KSL's 68.1% 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 KSL are shown here.

IJ	Grant	Δ vs here	Merits	Stamp	Court
JAW	68.1%	same	229	LIGHT	Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard
EDP	68.1%	same	166	LIGHT	New York - Federal Plaza
AGA	68.1%	same	163	LIGHT	Los Angeles - West
JLP	68.0%	-0.1 pp	2,100	HEAVY	New York - Federal Plaza
ASH	68.0%	-0.1 pp	659	FULL	Baltimore
MWK	68.0%	-0.1 pp	615	FULL	Denver

Same-bench poles at Concord

Same-bench spread at Concord: Judge KSL runs 68.1% - 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 EFC · Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court · 430 merits · 18.6% grant
IJ EKM · Baltimore Immigration Court · 429 merits · 53.1% grant
IJ HRL · Santa Ana Immigration Court · 429 merits · 42.4% grant
IJ EEH · El Paso Immigration Court · 429 merits · 41.5% grant

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

Read our methodology - how Judge KSL's 430-decision EOIR row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ KSL at Concord Immigration Court; asylum grant rate 68.1%. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 430 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge KSL's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - asylum grant rate 68.1%, 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 KSL'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.