# Jean M. Kilker Immigration Judge · [New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court](/kyj/court/ny/new-york-federal-plaza-immigration-court) Last updated October 7, 2026 ## Jean M. Kilker at a glance Current role Immigration Judge Court [New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court](/kyj/court/ny/new-york-federal-plaza-immigration-court) Jurisdiction New York · Federal Judicial service Active Historical EOIR data ## Outcomes at a glance Total outcomes 458 Relief granted 12 2.6% Denied / removal ordered 412 90.0% Other / procedural 34 7.4% National comparison for this selection: 9,249,024 outcomes; 10.0% relief granted; 52.0% denied / removal ordered; 38.0% other / procedural. Methodology and sources These are proceeding outcomes, not asylum application statistics. Completion years use EOIR COMP_DATE; 2026 contains partial-year data. Relief granted, denied / removal ordered and other / procedural exhaust the recorded outcomes. Groups of one are included. Historical outcomes do not establish a current assignment. Counts describe recorded cases and do not predict an individual's result. [Official EOIR case data](https://fileshare.eoir.justice.gov/EOIR%20Case%20Data.zip) · Source date: Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:14:27 GMT Asylum decisions and other statistics ## Analytics Published EOIR records include 86 asylum outcomes associated with this judge. Asylum was granted in 7 (8.1%) and denied in 74 (86.0%); 5 were other or procedural outcomes. [Explore analytics](#analytics) ## Biography ### Professional career - Selected as an immigration judge in May 2026 by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, as announced in EOIR’s largest class of new judges - Appointed U.S. Immigration Judge at the New York–Federal Plaza Immigration Court, appointed in May 2026 under the Trump administration, with a background in law enforcement, legal service, and government oversight - Chief, General Law Division, DHS Office of Inspector General (2021–2025) Naval attorney and judge advocate Deputy District Attorney, Orange County, CA (1989–1991) - From January 2018 to September 2021, she was an attorney advisor with the Commander Naval Facilities Engineering Command and the Office of the Naval Inspector General, Department of the Navy, in Washington, D.C - She also served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Navy and retired from the U.S. Navy Reserve in 2017 with the rank of captain - From July 1989 to November 1991, she was a deputy district attorney in Orange County, California ### Education - California Western School of Law — J.D. (1989) - University of Rhode Island — B.A. (1983) ### Additional information - chief of the General Law Division, Office of Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security, in Washington, D.C (September 2021–April 2025) - counsel, then senior counsel, to the U.S. Senate, Select Committee on Ethics (February 2016–January 2018) - Her active-duty assignments included trial attorney, criminal law and procedure instructor, staff judge advocate to the Commander Naval Station Pearl Harbor, deputy staff judge advocate to the Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, supported the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, and deployed as the staff judge advocate, commander, Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa. - Judge Kilker is a member of the State Bar of California, the District of Columbia Bar, and the U.S. Supreme Court. ## Sources Identity source checked August 19, 2026 . Biography sources checked August 19, 2026 . ### DOJ EOIR current immigration judge directory Identity source · HTML · Source checked August 19, 2026 ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 2.1 - Delivery and Receipt Courtwide source · HTML · Source checked July 30, 2026 ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 2.3 - Documents ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.10 - Interpreters ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.11 - Courtroom Decorum ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.12 - Electronic Devices ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.15 - Individual Calendar Hearing ### Find an Immigration Court and Access Internet-Based Hearings ### Find an Immigration Court and Access Internet-Based Hearings Judge Specific source · HTML · Source checked September 14, 2026 ### Current EOIR official staff directory Current EOIR Official Staff Directory source · HTML · Source checked October 7, 2026 [Public Records & Data Use](/public-records-data-use) · [Corrections policy](/corrections) ## Published courtroom rules ### Shared court rules - [EOIR Practice Manual 2.1 — Delivery and Receipt](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-c9195b4f0bba01a19aa8df41) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-2-1). Collected 2026-10-27. - [EOIR Practice Manual 3.11 — Courtroom Decorum](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8d8e8e8bf80478864645291a) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-3-11). Collected 2026-10-27. - [EOIR Practice Manual 2.3 — Documents](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-53ee093be24c18a5d1a93046) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-2-3). Collected 2026-10-27.