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Kyle Dandelet

Immigration Judge, New York/Federal Plaza Immigration Court. Appointed March 2022.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Dandelet37.7%
New York court47.7%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
1,060
Asylum granted
621
Other relief granted
39
Denied
400
Against own court
-10.0 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
8%31%28%40%65%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 75% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: China (30.4%), India (11.5%), Ecuador (7.5%), Bangladesh (7.1%), Honduras (5.2%).

Official biography

Kyle A. Dandelet was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in March 2022. Judge Dandelet ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2004 from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor in 2010 from Harvard Law School. From 2017 to 2022, he was the Pro Bono Immigration Attorney at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (Cleary Gottlieb) in New York. From 2015 to 2017, he was a Senior Staff Attorney in Sanctuary for Families' Immigration Intervention Project at the New York City Family Justice Center in the Bronx, New York. From 2010 to 2012, and from 2013 to 2015, he was a Litigation Associate with Cleary Gottlieb. From 2012 to 2013, he clerked for the Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Judge Dandelet is a member of the New York State 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.