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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Peter A. Kim

Immigration Judge, Los Angeles-North Los Angeles St. Immigration Court. Appointed February 2023.

LenientGrants far more often than the national average-20.4 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Kim42.5%
Los Angeles - North court65.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
623
Asylum granted
309
Other relief granted
49
Denied
265
Against own court
-22.9 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25FY26
28%29%35%84%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 91% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: China (37.1%), Nicaragua (14.3%), Russia (10.8%), Armenia (10%), Guatemala (5.9%).

Official biography

Peter A. Kim was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in February 2023. Judge Kim earned a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the University of West Los Angeles. From 2007 to 2022, he was in private practice at the Law Offices of Peter A. Kim in Los Angeles where he represented noncitizens before the immigration court and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. Judge Kim is a member of the State Bar of California.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

  • Executive Office for Immigration Review · 2023-02-06

    EOIR Announces 23 New Immigration Judges

    EOIR's announcement of 23 new immigration judges lists Peter A. Kim as appointed to the Los Angeles - N. Los Angeles Street Immigration Court, beginning cases in February 2023. From 2007 to 2022 he ran a private practice representing noncitizens before the immigration court.

Other judges at Los Angeles - North

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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.