June Lee

Immigration Judge, Hyattsville Immigration Court. Appointed November 2023.

StrictDenies more often than the national average+14.4 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Lee77.3%

Hyattsville court57.6%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 709
Asylum granted: 152
Other relief granted: 9
Denied: 548
Against own court: +19.7 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24	FY25	FY26
52%	75%	87%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 75% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: El Salvador (14.1%), Venezuela (13.5%), Cameroon (12.6%), Honduras (9.6%), Peru (8.6%).

Official biography

June K. Lee was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Lee ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 2008 from Bowdoin College and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from Brooklyn Law School. From 2021 to 2023, she was the director of the Immigrants' Rights Legal Services Project at Legal Aid DC. From 2013 to 2021, she was a staff attorney, first at Queens Legal Services, then at Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center, and finally at Legal Aid DC. From 2011 to 2012, she was a general litigation associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Judge Lee is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the New York State Bar.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

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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.