Kelley N. Fowler
Immigration Judge, Atlanta W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court. Appointed November 2018 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 235
- Asylum granted
- 2
- Other relief granted
- 14
- Denied
- 219
- Against own court
- +10.8 pts
| FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|
| 91% | 95% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 52% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Venezuela (31.9%), Mexico (17.4%), Colombia (11.9%), Honduras (11.1%), Ecuador (3.8%).
Official biography
Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Kelley N. Fowler to begin hearing cases in November 2018. Judge Fowler ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from the University of Alabama and a Juris Doctor in 2005 from Vanderbilt University Law School. From 2017 to2018, she served as a special assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia, in Atlanta. From 2008 to 2017, she served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement,Department of Homeland Security, in Atlanta. From 2007 to 2008, she was an associate with Merritt, Flebotte, Wilson, Webb, and Caruso PLLC, in Brentwood, Tennessee. From 2006 to2007, she was an associate with Reina and Associates, in Dallas, Texas. Judge Fowler is am ember of the Tennessee Bar.
In the record
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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.