What is Judge Colin Johnson's background?
EOIR's notice says that Colin Johnson was appointed in March 2020. Judge Johnson earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 from Hamline University and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from Hamline University School of Law. From 2007 to 2020, he served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Fort Snelling, Minnesota. From 2010 to 2012, he served as a special assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, in St. Paul. From 2001 to 2007, he served as a judge advocate for the 1st Infantry Division, at Fort Riley, Kansas. There he served as both a criminal prosecutor and defense counsel and completed a one-year deployment to Iraq from 2003 to 2004.
What does TRAC report about Judge Colin Johnson's asylum decisions?
TRAC, a research center that began at Syracuse University, reports that for FY 2021 - 2026 (data covers the first 9 months of fiscal year 2026), Judge Colin Johnson decided 498 asylum cases at Kansas City Immigration Court and denied 70.9 percent, based on its report of Aug 27, 2026. These are past figures for one court. They do not predict your case, which turns on your facts, evidence, nationality and representation, and TRAC cautions against simple comparisons between judges at different courts. Read the full report at TRAC, and talk to a lawyer about your own case.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Colin Johnson in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Immigration Judge. The record is not an appointment history or an employment certification.
Dated court associations
EOIR’s court-specific tables associate this entry with Kansas City Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.