Immigration judge Elizabeth A. Kessler
EOIR records Elizabeth A. Kessler as a serving immigration judge, code EAK, with 3,897 proceedings completed in the five fiscal years to 2025 and 42.8% of the asylum applications decided granted, against 37.3% across the country.
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Cases, decisions and backlog
- 3,897
- Proceedings completed, FY2021–2025
- 15.4% decided in absentia
- 1,133
- Proceedings pending at 2026-09
- 42.8%
- Asylum grant rate, FY2021–2025
- 305 granted of 712 decided
Over the 5 fiscal years from 2021 to 2025, this judge granted 305 asylum applications and denied 407 — 42.8% of those decided, against 37.3% across the country. A further 480 ended neither way and are in neither figure.
By fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | Completed | Asylum granted | Asylum denied |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 948 | 53 | 193 |
| FY2024 | 1,209 | 32 | 50 |
| FY2023 | 962 | 82 | 26 |
| FY2022 | 398 | 31 | 48 |
| FY2021 | 380 | 107 | 90 |
| FY2020 | 483 | 38 | 79 |
| FY2019 | 920 | 24 | 103 |
| FY2018 | 815 | 27 | 73 |
| FY2017 | 629 | 12 | 73 |
| FY2016 | 538 | 7 | 36 |
Complete fiscal years only. A proceeding is counted in the year it completed, which is not the year it was recorded, so this table is not a record of what arrived.
Where the proceedings were
The courts where EOIR records this judge completing proceedings, which is not the same as the courts they are assigned to: a judge is assigned to a median of three at once and as many as 72, and an assignment is not a posting.
Sources
- EOIR immigration court outcomes by judge, court and fiscal year — U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review · retrieved September 1, 2026
- EOIR immigration judges and courts
Data retrieved