Joseph Kassell
Immigration Judge, Charlotte Immigration Court. Appointed October 2022.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 143
- Asylum granted
- 9
- Other relief granted
- 3
- Denied
- 131
- Against own court
- +4.9 pts
| FY26 |
|---|
| 94% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 62% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Honduras (24.5%), Venezuela (20.3%), Mexico (11.9%), Colombia (9.8%), Guatemala (9.8%).
Official biography
Joseph S. Kassell was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in October 2022. Judge Kassell ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2008 from the College of New Jersey and a Juris Doctorate in 2011 from Rutgers Law School. From 2021 to 2022, he served as a senior legal advisor to the Chief Appellate Immigration Judge at the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice. From 2021 to 2015, he was an attorney advisor with the BIA. From 2013 to 2015, he served as a judicial law clerk with the BIA, entering on duty through the Attorney General's Honors Program. From 2011 to 2013, he served as a judicial law clerk at the Eloy Immigration Court, entering on duty through the Attorney General's Honors Program. Judge Kassell is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Charlotte
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.