Immigration Judge at Elizabeth, NJ
Judge S. Kathleen Pepper serves at the Elizabeth, NJ Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 51.1%, this judge is above average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
S. Kathleen Pepper is listed with the Elizabeth, NJ Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 51.1% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.
Nationality-specific rows are shown when enough decided cases are available in the source data. 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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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| Year | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 100.0% |
Judge S. Kathleen Pepper's asylum approval rate is 51.1% according to EOIR FOIA data.
The dataset lists 45 total asylum cases for Judge S. Kathleen Pepper.
The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.