Kerri Calcador

Aurora (AUR) · Aurora, CO

Kerri Calcador is listed with Aurora (AUR). The database records 392 asylum outcomes: 82 approved, 310 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case.

Decision approval rate20.9%Approved ÷（Approved + Denied）

Approved share of all outcomes20.9%Approved ÷ all outcomes

Asylum decisions39282 / 310 / 0

Approved / denied82 / 310 / 0Database records only

Yearly changes

Yearly asylum decision trend

Applicant origin

Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality

Each row shows fiscal year, nationality, valid decisions, and approval rate.

Official appointment record

Judge background and appointment

Appointment dateOctober 2016

Appointed courtLos Angeles Immigration Court

Appointment typeImmigration Judge

Official biography

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Kerri A. Calcador to begin hearing cases in October 2016. Judge Calcador earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1994 from the University of San Diego and a Juris Doctor in 1997 from the University of San Diego School of Law. From 2007 to October 2016, she served as a senior attorney for the Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in San Diego. From 2006 through 2007, she served as a special assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of California, Department of Justice (DOJ), in San Diego. From 2002 to October 2016, and previously from 1997 through 2001, she served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of the Chief Counsel, ICE, DHS, in Los Angeles and San Diego. From 1999 through 2001, she served as an assistant district counsel for the Office of the District Counsel, former Immigration and Naturalization Service, DOJ, in Los Angeles, during which time she also served as a special assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California, DOJ. Judge Calcador is a member of the State Bar of California.

Education: Judge Calcador earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1994 from the University of San Diego and a Juris Doctor in 1997 from the University of San Diego School of Law.

Bar admission: Judge Calcador is a member of the State Bar of California.

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How to read approval rates

Decision approval rateis approved ÷ (approved + denied). Blue “Other” is shown separately and includes identifiable withholding/CAT protection, cancellation or adjustment, voluntary departure, withdrawal, termination, dismissal, and administrative closure; it is excluded from the rate denominator.Approved share of all outcomesuses approved, denied, and other outcomes in the denominator.

With small samples, a few cases can move the percentage sharply. The page flags samples below 50 and below 200 decisions.

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