Judge Johnson, Colin

2.6%

Approval Rate

Granted

4,149

Denied

4,235

Total Decided

Judge Johnson, Colin serves at the Kansas City, MO Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 2.6%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

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DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Johnson (Kansas City, MO) data snapshot: 5,581 cases over 16 years, 2.5% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Johnson, Colin (IJ code CPJ, Kansas City, MO):

Overall track record

16 years on the bench (since 2011), 5,581 cases total, lifetime grant rate 2.5%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 4,925 cases, grant rate 2.3% — roughly in line with the Kansas City court average (3.1%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Honduras              1448    0.4%
Guatemala             1291    0.8%
Mexico                 805    4.0%
Nicaragua              358    1.8%
Venezuela              219    2.2%
El Salvador            178    2.6%
Colombia               167    0.0%
Cuba                    73    7.0%
Brazil                  47    0.0%
Peru                    30    0.0%
Haiti                   24    4.2%

Year-by-year

2023: 1100 cases, 2.5% grant rate
2024: 1148 cases, 3.0% grant rate
2025: 1534 cases, 2.4% grant rate
2026: 1143 cases, 1.0% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Johnson, I'd love to hear:

1. What's your nationality, and when was your most recent hearing?

2. How did your attorney prepare for this judge specifically?

Source: EOIR (U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review) public statistics, May 2026 release, compiled by AsylumTracker. A judge's historical pattern does not predict the outcome of any individual case; this is shared to help set realistic expectations. Real-experience accounts from the community are welcome.

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How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Johnson, Colin is listed with the Kansas City, MO Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 2.6% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Honduras (1,368 decided, 0.4% grant rate), Guatemala (1,232 decided, 0.6% grant rate), and Mexico (641 decided, 3.9% 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 2026-05-08. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

Read the grant-rate methodology or learn how to read immigration judge statistics.

Approval Rate by Nationality

Nationality	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
Honduras	0.4%	6	1,362	1,368
Guatemala	0.6%	8	1,224	1,232
Mexico	3.9%	25	616	641
Nicaragua	1.9%	6	313	319
El Salvador	4.3%	7	157	164
Venezuela	2.9%	4	136	140
Colombia	0.0%	0	121	121
Cuba	7.5%	3	37	40
Brazil	0.0%	0	35	35
Peru	0.0%	0	23	23
Haiti	4.8%	1	20	21
China	17.6%	3	14	17
Kenya	56.2%	9	7	16
Afghanistan	7.7%	1	12	13
India	8.3%	1	11	12
Ecuador	0.0%	0	10	10
Pakistan	11.1%	1	8	9
Jordan	0.0%	0	7	7
Russia	0.0%	0	6	6
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)	80.0%	4	1	5
Romania	0.0%	0	5	5
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	5	5
Belize	0.0%	0	5	5
Philippines	100.0%	4	0	4
Turkey	0.0%	0	4	4
Canada	0.0%	0	4	4
Nigeria	0.0%	0	3	3
Tanzania	33.3%	1	2	3
Democratic Republic Of Congo	66.7%	2	1	3

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	0.9%	6	638	644
2025	2.4%	32	1,327	1,359
2024	3.0%	32	1,040	1,072
2023	2.5%	26	1,006	1,032
2022	7.4%	13	162	175
2021	8.6%	5	53	58
2020	4.8%	1	20	21

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Judge Johnson (Kansas City, MO) data snapshot: 5,581 cases over 16 years, 2.5% grant rate

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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