The Honorable Immigration Judge Keith Lipiec

Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court

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Caseload & process (since 2021)
36
Completions per year
179 total
0.6%
Detained at decision
share of cases
26.6 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
11.7%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
15.6%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 0 appeals — too few

Grant rates by type of relief

Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
3.5% 57 decisions Moderate
Withholding / CAT
0% 109 decisions Moderate
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
0% 1 decision Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
50% 2 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
100% 7 decisions Too few cases
3.5%
of asylum claims granted on the merits Moderate
Based on 57 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
3.5%
This court
36.1%
National average
29.9%
0%100% granted
In the bottom 9% of the 889 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 · 50 decisions since 2021
4%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 7 decisions since 2021
0%

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).
Philadelphia, PA · home court
122 (68%)
15 (8.4%)
6 (3.4%)
4 (2.2%)