Amy K. Zaske
Immigration Judge, Fort Snelling Immigration Court. Appointed November 2023.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 315
- Asylum granted
- 25
- Other relief granted
- 28
- Denied
- 262
- Against own court
- +3.2 pts
| FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|
| 74% | 90% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 83% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Ecuador (23.5%), Honduras (14.3%), Guatemala (13%), Nicaragua (9.2%), El Salvador (5.7%).
Official biography
Amy K.R. Zaske was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Zaske ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law. From 2007 to 2023, she was an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, Minneapolis – Saint Paul. In 2007, she served as an unemployment law judge at the Department of Employment and Economic Development for the State of Minnesota. Judge Zaske is a member of the Minnesota State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Bloomington
Court page →About these figures. Denial rates describe outcomes in the cases a judge happened to hear, which differ by detention, nationality and representation. They are not a measure of fairness or competence. Method and sources are on the judges index.