Immigration Judge at Imperial, CA
The 2026-07-01 snapshot lists a 22.5% historical asylum grant rate for Anne Kristina Perry at Imperial, CA, based on 401 grants and 1,379 denials (1,780 decided outcomes).
The 2026-07-01 EOIR snapshot lists Anne Kristina Perry with Imperial, CA. With an asylum approval rate of 22.5%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review). Historical listings do not by themselves establish a current assignment.
Immigration Judge Anne Kristina Perry denied asylum to Russian activist Leonid Melekhin in December 2024, and The New Yorker later reported that he was deported and arrested in Russia.
Source: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-an-asylum-seeker-in-us-custody-ended-up-in-a-russian-prison
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Anne Kristina Perry is listed with the Imperial, CA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 22.5% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.
Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Mexico (451 decided, 23.1% grant rate), Russia (97 decided, 60.8% grant rate), and Honduras (83 decided, 2.4% grant rate). Compare these rows with the judge's overall rate because nationality mix can materially change how the headline number should be read.
Grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.
This page is based on public EOIR data last updated 2026-07-01. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.
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| Nationality | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 451 | 23.1% |
| Russia | 97 | 60.8% |
| Honduras | 83 | 2.4% |
| Guatemala | 78 | 11.5% |
| Somalia | 65 | 44.6% |
| Peru | 56 | 0.0% |
| El Salvador | 54 | 14.8% |
| Colombia | 53 | 0.0% |
| Year | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 172 | 18.6% |
| 2025 | 362 | 17.1% |
| 2024 | 257 | 20.6% |
| 2023 | 255 | 25.5% |
| 2022 | 104 | 26.9% |
| 2021 | 132 | 47.7% |
| 2020 | 162 | 28.4% |
Judge Anne Kristina Perry's asylum approval rate is 22.5% according to EOIR FOIA data.
The dataset lists 1,780 total asylum cases for Judge Anne Kristina Perry.
The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.