Appointed December 2021 · President Joe Biden→ Attorney General Merrick Garland(AG inferred from date)
4 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Kevin P. Guillory earned a Bachelor of General Studies in 2000 from Louisiana State University and a Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Civil Law in 2004 from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. He served as an assistant district attorney in the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office, Trials Division, from 2005 to 2011, and as a partner at the Law Office of Guillory, Johnson, Phillips and Thompson LLC from 2011 to 2013. From 2013 to 2021 he served as deputy chief of trials and major offense trial attorney in the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
784
Completions per year
4,702 total
3%
Detained at decision
share of cases
22.2 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
14.2%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
5.8%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
7.7%
Appeals remanded or reversed
39 appeals decided
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
39.7%
597 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
4.7%
969 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
25%⚠
12 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
75%⚠
4 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
95.5%⚠
22 decisions Too few cases
39.7%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 597 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
39.7%
This court
28.3%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 31% 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 · 589 decisions since 2021
39.9%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 8 decisions since 2021
25%
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).