Immigration judge

Karesh, Ellen

Charlotte Immigration Court

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These figures are not current

Captured September 18, 2026 — about 0 months ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

Lifetime grant rate

4.7%

899 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

1.0%

616 decisions · 12 months ending July 2026

9.1%

Court lifetime average

Grant-rate trend

Each point is the grant rate across the 12 months ending in that month — a rolling window, not a single month on its own. A point appears only where those 12 months hold at least 25 decisions. A rolling window covers a much shorter span than the lifetime figure above, so the two can differ materially; both are correct measures of different periods.

0%25%50%75%100%Feb 2024Aug 2024Feb 2025Aug 2025Jul 2026Month each 12-month window ends1.0%68.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2024 (25 decisions)63.0% — 12 months ending Aug 2024 (27 decisions)50.0% — 12 months ending Sep 2024 (34 decisions)48.8% — 12 months ending Oct 2024 (41 decisions)38.5% — 12 months ending Nov 2024 (52 decisions)33.9% — 12 months ending Dec 2024 (59 decisions)33.3% — 12 months ending Jan 2025 (78 decisions)29.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2025 (99 decisions)21.3% — 12 months ending Mar 2025 (141 decisions)16.9% — 12 months ending Apr 2025 (178 decisions)13.3% — 12 months ending May 2025 (226 decisions)9.4% — 12 months ending Jun 2025 (245 decisions)7.4% — 12 months ending Jul 2025 (258 decisions)7.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2025 (273 decisions)7.1% — 12 months ending Sep 2025 (282 decisions)5.9% — 12 months ending Oct 2025 (305 decisions)6.6% — 12 months ending Nov 2025 (304 decisions)6.3% — 12 months ending Dec 2025 (318 decisions)4.3% — 12 months ending Jan 2026 (324 decisions)3.9% — 12 months ending Feb 2026 (307 decisions)3.2% — 12 months ending Mar 2026 (285 decisions)2.4% — 12 months ending Apr 2026 (295 decisions)1.3% — 12 months ending May 2026 (373 decisions)0.9% — 12 months ending Jun 2026 (545 decisions)1.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2026 (616 decisions)

The line is broken where this record has no decisions for several months. It is left open rather than joined, because joining it would imply decisions that were never recorded.

6 months are not plotted: the 12 months ending there held fewer than 25 decisions.

Monthly decisions

Showing the most recent 24 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
July 2026881.1%
June 20262010.0%
May 20261290.0%
April 2026490.0%
March 202622Not reported
February 20267Not reported
January 2026260.0%
December 202521Not reported
November 202510Not reported
October 2025303.3%
September 202516Not reported
August 202517Not reported
July 202517Not reported
June 2025290.0%
May 2025513.9%
April 2025395.1%
March 2025446.8%
February 202524Not reported
January 202520Not reported
December 20247Not reported
November 202411Not reported
October 20247Not reported
September 20247Not reported
August 20242Not reported

Source and method

These figures come from case data released by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) under the Freedom of Information Act, published by the Deportation Data Project. Imigrar did not produce or estimate them.

Captured on September 18, 2026, about 0 months ago, so it is out of date. The record covers decisions from October 1997 through July 2026; nothing filed or decided after July 2026 appears here.

Grant rates are historical aggregates. They describe decisions already made. They do not predict the outcome of any individual case, and no figure on this page should be read as a forecast of what will happen in yours.

This page is informational only and is not legal advice. Reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Only the official EOIR record is authoritative.

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