Judge Lake, Kelly B.

Immigration Judge at Memphis, TN

6.7%

Approval Rate

197

Granted

3,551

Denied

3,748

Total Decided

Judge Lake, Kelly B. serves at the Memphis, TN Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 6.7%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Community Discussion

DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Lake (Memphis, TN) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 18% to 1% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Lake, Kelly B. (IJ code KBL, Memphis, TN):

Overall track record

9 years on the bench (since 2018), 4,953 cases total, lifetime grant rate 6.4%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 3,968 cases, grant rate 1.8% — roughly in line with the Memphis court average (2.9%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Guatemala              974    1.0%
Mexico                 927    1.6%
Honduras               796    0.5%
Nicaragua              295    0.7%
Cuba                   289    0.0%
Venezuela              274    5.2%
El Salvador            132    5.7%
Colombia                80    1.3%
Peru                    32    0.0%
India                   24    0.0%
Ecuador                 17    0.0%

Year-by-year

2023:  167 cases, 17.6% grant rate
2024:  634 cases, 3.4% grant rate
2025: 2011 cases, 0.4% grant rate
2026: 1156 cases, 0.6% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Lake, 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

Lake, Kelly B. is listed with the Memphis, TN Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 6.7% 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 (1,005 decided, 4.8% grant rate), Guatemala (1,000 decided, 3.5% grant rate), and Honduras (778 decided, 1.2% 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
Mexico	4.8%	48	957	1,005
Guatemala	3.5%	35	965	1,000
Honduras	1.2%	9	769	778
Nicaragua	0.7%	2	275	277
Venezuela	5.7%	13	217	230
El Salvador	13.2%	27	178	205
Colombia	1.5%	1	67	68
India	55.6%	30	24	54
Peru	0.0%	0	28	28
Cuba	0.0%	0	16	16
Ecuador	0.0%	0	11	11
Vietnam	0.0%	0	10	10
Nepal	77.8%	7	2	9
China	85.7%	6	1	7
Russia	66.7%	4	2	6
Romania	50.0%	3	3	6
Angola	0.0%	0	5	5
Brazil	0.0%	0	5	5
Ethiopia	100.0%	4	0	4
Belize	0.0%	0	4	4
Belarus	100.0%	3	0	3
Egypt	100.0%	3	0	3
Turkey	33.3%	1	2	3
Haiti	0.0%	0	3	3
Afghanistan	33.3%	1	2	3
Senegal	0.0%	0	3	3
Bolivia	0.0%	0	2	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	0.4%	3	774	777
2025	0.4%	8	1,797	1,805
2024	3.4%	19	533	552
2023	17.6%	29	136	165
2022	12.9%	18	121	139
2021	55.7%	34	27	61
2020	32.0%	106	225	331

Community Discussion

Judge Lake (Memphis, TN) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 18% to 1% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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