Kristin Piepmeier
Immigration Judge, Los Angeles-North Los Angeles St. Immigration Court. Appointed March 2020 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 610
- Asylum granted
- 80
- Other relief granted
- 40
- Denied
- 490
- Against own court
- +14.9 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| 98% | 78% | 51% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 94% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Guatemala (31.5%), El Salvador (24.1%), Honduras (14.4%), China (11.3%), Mexico (6.7%).
Official biography
Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Kristin Piepmeier as an immigration judge in March 2020. Judge Piepmeier ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1995 from the University of California, Los Angeles, a Juris Doctor in 2000 from Whittier Law School, and a Master of Laws in 2009 from Loyola Law School. From 2002 to 2019, she served as an attorney, Office of Chief Counsel,Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of the District Counsel, former Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, in Los Angeles. From 2000 to 2002, she served asan attorney advisor, Office of Administrative Law Judges, Department of Labor, in San Francisco. Judge Piepmeier is a member of the State Bar of California.
In the record
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Other judges at Los Angeles - North
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.