12 judges · MO
The Kansas City, MO Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 7.8% across 60,826 decided cases. The court has 12 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Kansas City, MO Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 7.8% in the current AsylumTracker dataset. Court-level statistics aggregate judges and cases assigned to that court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Giambastiani, Jennie L. (18,263 total cases), Salinardi, Jayme (12,918 total cases), and Howard, Justin W. (11,145 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (5,370 decided, 1.2% grant rate), Guatemala (5,257 decided, 1.1% grant rate), and Mexico (3,553 decided, 6.3% grant rate).
Asylum grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Procedural outcomes are separated so users can distinguish merits decisions from docket-management outcomes.
This page uses public EOIR records last updated 2026-07-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Kansas City, MO Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 1,739 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giambastiani, Jennie L. | 14.5% | 2,006 | 11,783 | 13,789 |
| Salinardi, Jayme | 3.4% | 340 | 9,628 | 9,968 |
| Howard, Justin W. | 7.4% | 613 | 7,711 | 8,324 |
| O'Malley, John R. | 18.3% | 817 | 3,653 | 4,470 |
| Davis, Paula V. | 14.5% | 629 | 3,717 | 4,346 |
| Johnson, Colin | 2.4% | 122 | 4,905 | 5,027 |
| Visiting Judge 3 | 6.2% | 143 | 2,156 | 2,299 |
| Ison, Scott | 2.4% | 2 | 83 | 85 |
| Burke, Bradley | 0.0% | 0 | 96 | 96 |
| Estes, Katherine | 1.6% | 1 | 62 | 63 |
| McFarland, Zachary | 19.0% | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| Visiting Judge 5 | 14.3% | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 1.2% | 67 | 5,303 | 5,370 |
| Guatemala | 1.1% | 59 | 5,198 | 5,257 |
| Mexico | 6.3% | 224 | 3,329 | 3,553 |
| Nicaragua | 1.9% | 22 | 1,156 | 1,178 |
| El Salvador | 7.4% | 59 | 736 | 795 |
| Venezuela | 2.8% | 22 | 765 | 787 |
| Colombia | 0.2% | 1 | 613 | 614 |
| Cuba | 12.8% | 22 | 150 | 172 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 165 | 165 |
| Brazil | 4.7% | 6 | 123 | 129 |
| Peru | 1.0% | 1 | 104 | 105 |
| Haiti | 2.1% | 2 | 92 | 94 |
| Ecuador | 0.0% | 0 | 76 | 76 |
| India | 4.9% | 3 | 58 | 61 |
| Kenya | 48.3% | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| China | 20.3% | 12 | 47 | 59 |
| Afghanistan | 12.5% | 7 | 49 | 56 |
| Russia | 13.5% | 7 | 45 | 52 |
| Nigeria | 27.0% | 10 | 27 | 37 |
| Vietnam | 34.6% | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| Jordan | 8.0% | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| Pakistan | 20.8% | 5 | 19 | 24 |
| Turkey | 47.8% | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| Jamaica | 21.1% | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Somalia | 6.2% | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| Iraq | 30.8% | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Philippines | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Costa Rica | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Congo | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Canada | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Federated States Of Micronesia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Ethiopia | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Tanzania | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Georgia | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |