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Kristie A. Padron

Immigration Judge, Sterling Immigration Court. Appointed March 2022.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Padron62.1%
Sterling court71.6%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
523
Asylum granted
185
Other relief granted
13
Denied
325
Against own court
-9.5 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25FY26
19%29%49%83%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 89% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: El Salvador (24.9%), Guatemala (16.8%), Honduras (16.8%), Peru (9.9%), Venezuela (6.1%).

Official biography

Kristie-Anne Padron was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in March 2022. Judge Padron ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2007 from Harvard University and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from the Boston University School of Law. From 2017 to 2022, she was a Managing Attorney, from 2016 to 2017, a Supervising Attorney, and from 2014 to 2016, a Staff Attorney, all at Catholic Legal Services, in Miami. From 2012 to 2014, she was an Associate Attorney with Rivero Mestre LLP, in Coral Gables, Florida. From 2011 to 2012, she served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Superior Court of Connecticut in New Haven, Connecticut. Judge Padron is a member of the Florida Bar and Massachusetts 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.