Immigration Judge at Louisville, KY
Judge Kelly S. Johnson serves at the Louisville, KY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 3.9%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
On January 13, 2025, WTVQ reported that attorney Heather Hadi publicly criticized Memphis Immigration Judge Kelly Johnson for denying weather-related motions during a Kentucky winter storm.
Source: https://www.wtvq.com/immigration-attorney-details-frustrations-over-deportation-hearing-in-the-midst-of-a-winter-storm/
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Kelly S. Johnson is listed with the Louisville, KY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 3.9% 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 (937 decided, 3.7% grant rate), Guatemala (832 decided, 1.7% grant rate), and Honduras (431 decided, 2.3% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 | 937 | 3.7% |
| Guatemala | 832 | 1.7% |
| Honduras | 431 | 2.3% |
| Cuba | 235 | 6.0% |
| Venezuela | 164 | 3.0% |
| Nicaragua | 135 | 0.0% |
| El Salvador | 94 | 4.3% |
| India | 73 | 5.5% |
| Year | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,000 | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 1,064 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 478 | 3.8% |
| 2023 | 161 | 21.1% |
| 2022 | 190 | 18.4% |
| 2021 | 31 | 29.0% |
| 2020 | 438 | 1.6% |
Judge Kelly S. Johnson's asylum approval rate is 3.9% according to EOIR FOIA data.
The dataset lists 4,014 total asylum cases for Judge Kelly S. Johnson.
The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.