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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Kalin Ivany

Immigration Judge, Fort Snelling Immigration Court. Appointed November 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Ivany86.8%
Bloomington court80.0%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
757
Asylum granted
59
Other relief granted
41
Denied
657
Against own court
+6.8 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24FY25FY26
48%93%91%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 78% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Ecuador (34.2%), Honduras (9.1%), Nicaragua (8.6%), Guatemala (8.1%), Mexico (8.1%).

Official biography

Kalin Mittleider Ivany was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Ivany ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2004 from Walla Walla University and a Juris Doctor in 2008 from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. From 2010 to 2023, she served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Denver, Colorado. From 2009 to 2010, she practiced immigration law with the Perretta Law Office in West Jordan, Utah. From 2008 to 2009, she served as an attorney advisor at the Salt Lake City Immigration Court, entering on duty through the Attorney General's Honors Program. Judge Ivany is a member of the Colorado Bar.

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

In the record

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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.