Judge Corrin, Melanie K.

Immigration Judge at Denver, CO

12.5%

Approval Rate

410

Granted

3,465

Denied

3,875

Total Decided

Judge Corrin, Melanie K. serves at the Denver, CO Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 12.5%, 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 Corrin (Denver, CO) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 18% to 5% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Corrin, Melanie K. (IJ code MKC, Denver, CO):

Overall track record

16 years on the bench (since 2011), 7,092 cases total, lifetime grant rate 12.5%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 4,050 cases, grant rate 7.2% — roughly in line with the Denver court average (7.9%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Mexico                 965    8.1%
Venezuela              646    2.7%
Colombia               636    3.9%
Honduras               348    2.0%
Nicaragua              300    1.1%
Guatemala              275    2.7%
Cuba                   240    8.3%
Peru                   177    1.9%
El Salvador            132   18.6%
Romania                 66    1.6%
Ecuador                 38    0.0%

Year-by-year

2023:  465 cases, 18.2% grant rate
2024:  984 cases, 7.7% grant rate
2025: 1707 cases, 4.6% grant rate
2026:  894 cases, 5.2% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Corrin, 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

Corrin, Melanie K. is listed with the Denver, CO Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 12.5% 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 (1,045 decided, 18.5% grant rate), Venezuela (583 decided, 2.7% grant rate), and Colombia (570 decided, 4.2% 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	18.5%	193	852	1,045
Venezuela	2.7%	16	567	583
Colombia	4.2%	24	546	570
Honduras	3.1%	14	437	451
Guatemala	8.6%	28	297	325
Nicaragua	1.3%	4	302	306
El Salvador	23.3%	45	148	193
Peru	2.0%	3	146	149
Romania	4.1%	3	70	73
China	73.0%	27	10	37
Ecuador	0.0%	0	35	35
Cuba	4.2%	1	23	24
Ethiopia	71.4%	15	6	21
Eritrea	81.2%	13	3	16
Uzbekistan	100.0%	8	0	8
Turkey	12.5%	1	7	8
Brazil	0.0%	0	7	7
Russia	80.0%	4	1	5
Iraq	100.0%	4	0	4
Ghana	0.0%	0	4	4
Congo	33.3%	1	2	3
Egypt	100.0%	3	0	3
India	33.3%	1	2	3
Mongolia	100.0%	2	0	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	3.8%	22	558	580
2025	4.6%	66	1,364	1,430
2024	7.7%	64	764	828
2023	18.2%	74	332	406
2022	34.5%	76	144	220
2021	68.4%	78	36	114
2020	18.8%	76	329	405