Immigration judge

Kessler, Elizabeth A.

Baltimore Immigration Court

How current these figures are

Captured October 23, 2026 — 13 days ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

1,763

Lifetime decisions on record

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

Not reported

Fewer than 25 decisions on record. A percentage drawn from so few decisions would be misleading, so it is withheld rather than shown.

4.8%

FY2026 court 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%Oct 2019Jul 2020Apr 2021Mar 2022Aug 2023Month each 12-month window ends77.3%23.3% — 12 months ending Oct 2019 (120 decisions)16.5% — 12 months ending Nov 2019 (115 decisions)16.5% — 12 months ending Dec 2019 (109 decisions)17.8% — 12 months ending Jan 2020 (101 decisions)18.1% — 12 months ending Feb 2020 (94 decisions)17.2% — 12 months ending Mar 2020 (93 decisions)16.1% — 12 months ending Apr 2020 (87 decisions)20.2% — 12 months ending May 2020 (89 decisions)20.9% — 12 months ending Jun 2020 (86 decisions)29.7% — 12 months ending Jul 2020 (91 decisions)38.7% — 12 months ending Aug 2020 (106 decisions)40.0% — 12 months ending Sep 2020 (105 decisions)51.0% — 12 months ending Oct 2020 (145 decisions)53.2% — 12 months ending Nov 2020 (156 decisions)52.1% — 12 months ending Dec 2020 (165 decisions)52.7% — 12 months ending Jan 2021 (169 decisions)53.1% — 12 months ending Feb 2021 (179 decisions)55.1% — 12 months ending Mar 2021 (178 decisions)53.0% — 12 months ending Apr 2021 (185 decisions)53.6% — 12 months ending May 2021 (179 decisions)55.9% — 12 months ending Jun 2021 (188 decisions)54.8% — 12 months ending Jul 2021 (188 decisions)54.5% — 12 months ending Aug 2021 (178 decisions)59.3% — 12 months ending Sep 2021 (177 decisions)55.0% — 12 months ending Oct 2021 (140 decisions)56.8% — 12 months ending Nov 2021 (132 decisions)57.7% — 12 months ending Dec 2021 (123 decisions)60.4% — 12 months ending Mar 2022 (96 decisions)69.9% — 12 months ending May 2022 (83 decisions)69.3% — 12 months ending Jun 2022 (75 decisions)66.0% — 12 months ending Aug 2022 (53 decisions)59.4% — 12 months ending Oct 2022 (32 decisions)68.0% — 12 months ending May 2023 (25 decisions)74.1% — 12 months ending Jun 2023 (27 decisions)71.1% — 12 months ending Jul 2023 (38 decisions)77.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2023 (44 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.

11 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
June 20261Not reported
October 20242Not reported
August 20238Not reported
July 202311Not reported
June 20238Not reported
May 20238Not reported
April 20235Not reported
March 20231Not reported
February 20231Not reported
December 20221Not reported
October 20221Not reported
August 20222Not reported
June 20226Not reported
May 20225Not reported
March 20226Not reported
December 20212Not reported
November 202110Not reported
October 20218Not reported
September 202114Not reported
August 202111Not reported
July 202113Not reported
June 202114Not reported
May 20219Not reported
April 20219Not 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 October 23, 2026, 13 days ago. The record covers decisions from February 2006 through June 2026; nothing filed or decided after June 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.

Open the source data — Deportation Data Project

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