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Kathleen Reilly

Immigration Judge, Hyattsville Immigration Court. Appointed December 2021.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Reilly47.5%
Hyattsville court57.6%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
265
Asylum granted
127
Other relief granted
12
Denied
126
Against own court
-10.1 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24
45%38%58%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 97% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: El Salvador (30.9%), Cameroon (18.1%), Honduras (11.7%), Guatemala (6.8%), Peru (6.8%).

Official biography

Kathleen M. Reilly was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in December 2021. Judge Reilly ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 1990 from Bucknell University and a Juris Doctor in 1994 from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. From 2002 to 2021, she served as an Attorney Advisor, Board of Immigration Appeals, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice. From 2001 to 2002, she served as an Assistant General Counsel with the former Tricare Management Activity, Department of Defense, in Falls Church, Virginia. From 1998 to 2001, she was an Editor-in-Chief with West Group LLC, in the District of Columbia. From 1994 to 1998, she was a Litigation Associate with Spriggs & Hollingsworth, in the District of Columbia. Judge Reilly is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Pennsylvania Bar.

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

In the record

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

Other judges at Hyattsville

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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.