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Judge Michael Klosowsky

Immigration Judge at Chicago, IL

9.5%
Approval Rate
472
Granted
4,476
Denied
4,948
Total Decided

Judge Michael Klosowsky serves at the Chicago, IL Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 9.5%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Michael Klosowsky is listed with the Chicago, IL Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 9.5% 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 (1,034 decided, 5.0% grant rate), Nicaragua (764 decided, 5.8% grant rate), and Venezuela (704 decided, 7.8% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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.

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

Nationality Breakdown

NationalityCasesGrant rate
Mexico 1,034 5.0%
Nicaragua 764 5.8%
Venezuela 704 7.8%
Colombia 444 1.1%
Honduras 405 4.0%
Guatemala 377 6.1%
Ecuador 224 3.6%
Russia 141 30.5%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2026 1,855 2.9%
2025 974 12.6%
2024 1,037 7.3%
2023 493 22.9%
2022 340 20.0%
2021 213 16.4%
2020 23 8.7%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Michael Klosowsky's asylum approval rate?

Judge Michael Klosowsky's asylum approval rate is 9.5% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Michael Klosowsky decided?

The dataset lists 4,948 total asylum cases for Judge Michael Klosowsky.

How is this approval rate calculated?

The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.

Other judges at this court

Vinikoor, Robert D. 17.5% approval rate Fujimoto, James R. 13.0% approval rate Bryant, John Milo 26.8% approval rate Zerbe, Craig M. 18.9% approval rate Brahos, O. John 20.6% approval rate Cuevas, Carlos 26.6% approval rate Klein, Eliza 29.2% approval rate Chew, George T. 62.6% approval rate Katsivalis, George P. 0.9% approval rate Mckenna, Patrick M. 9.6% approval rate

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