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Katie G. Mullins

Immigration Judge, Adelanto Immigration Court. Appointed May 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Mullins92.7%
Adelanto court88.0%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
246
Asylum granted
9
Other relief granted
9
Denied
228
Against own court
+4.7 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24FY25FY26
94%89%96%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 49% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Mexico (42.3%), El Salvador (11.8%), Honduras (5.3%), Guatemala (4.5%), China (2.4%).

Official biography

Katie G. Mullins was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in May 2023. Judge Mullins ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2012 from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor in 2015 from the University of Michigan Law School. From 2019 to 2023, she was an attorney and then mana ging attorney at Centro Legal de la Raza in Oakland, California, represent ing noncitizens before EOIR; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security; and Department of State (DOS). From 2017 to 2019, she was a staff attorney at the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services in San Antonio represent ing noncitizens before EOIR, USCIS, and DOS. From 2016 to 2017, she served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Richard W. Pollack, Associate Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court. From 2015 to 2016, she was a legal fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii. Judge Mullins is a member of the Florida 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.

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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.