The Honorable Immigration Judge Anne Kristina Perry

Imperial, CA Immigration Court
Appointed October 2018 · President Donald Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions
7 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Republican administration

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Background

The Honorable Immigration Judge Anne Kristina Perry earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1978 from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor in 1981 from Loyola Law School. She served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of California in San Diego from 1991 to 2018, and previously as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Nevada from 1987 to 1991. Earlier she was a Deputy Attorney General for the State of Nevada (1983-1987) and a Deputy District Attorney in Clark County, Nevada (1982-1983), and she volunteered as a Judge Pro Tempore for the San Diego Superior Court from 2007 to 2018. She is a member of the Nevada State Bar and the State Bar of California.

Caseload & process (since 2021)
1,120
Completions per year
6,719 total
23.2%
Detained at decision
share of cases
1.8 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
7.7%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
4.1%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
15.9%
Appeals remanded or reversed
138 appeals decided

Bond decisions

Custody redetermination (bond) rulings since 2021. "Granted" means the judge lowered the bond, ordered release on recognizance, or otherwise granted the request.
77.2%
Bond requests granted
412 bond decisions High confidence
$3,500
Median bond when set
349 bonds with amounts
0.6%
Released on own recognizance
This judge 77.2%
Court average 87% · median $3,500
National 41.9% · median $6,500

Grant rates by type of relief

Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
37.7% 461 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
5% 617 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
53.8% 91 decisions Moderate
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
82.8% 29 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
100% 30 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
91.9% 247 decisions High confidence
37.7%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 461 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
37.7%
This court
40.9%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 32% of the 825 judges nationally with enough cases to compare.

Does a lawyer matter here?

Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyerrepresented · 413 decisions since 2021
40.9%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 48 decisions since 2021
10.4%

Asylum grant rate over time

Each point is that calendar year's grant rate, back to 2015 where the judge was deciding cases — the longer career view. Dashed grey line = current national average (31.8%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%2018: 16.7% of 24 decisions16.7%20182019: 20% of 185 decisions20%20192020: 38% of 108 decisions38%20202021: 23.2% of 56 decisions23.2%20212022: 37.5% of 48 decisions37.5%20222023: 57.5% of 113 decisions57.5%20232024: 36.8% of 95 decisions36.8%20242025: 29.3% of 123 decisions29.3%20252026 (partial year): 26.9% of 26 decisions26.9%2026*
* 2026 is a partial year (data through 06/01/2026) and is incomplete.

Courts where this judge has decided cases

Hearing locations for cases this judge completed since 2021, by number of decisions. Many judges hear cases from more than one court (detained facilities, video dockets, or reassignments).
Imperial, CA · home court
6,658 (99%)
29 (0.43%)
12 (0.18%)
7 (0.10%)
4 (0.06%)
2 (0.03%)