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Recording an internet-based hearing is prohibited (8 C.F.R. § 1003.28). Respondents without a representative default to in-person hearings.
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge June Lee earned a Bachelor of Science in 2008 from Bowdoin College and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from Brooklyn Law School. Before her appointment, she directed the Immigrants' Rights Legal Services Project at Legal Aid DC (2021-2023) and previously worked as a staff attorney at Queens Legal Services, the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center, and Legal Aid DC (2013-2021), and as a litigation associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (2011-2012). She is a member of the District of Columbia and New York State Bars.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
575
Completions per year
3,449 total
3.3%
Detained at decision
share of cases
11.4 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
22.4%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
13.9%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
0%
Appeals remanded or reversed
20 appeals decided
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
20.2%
741 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
6.4%
1,106 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
0%⚠
2 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
66.7%⚠
3 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
100%⚠
48 decisions Too few cases
20.2%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 741 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
20.2%
This court
42%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the bottom 41% 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 · 562 decisions since 2021
24.2%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 179 decisions since 2021
7.8%
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.
* 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).