Shira Levine was on her third case of the day. By the afternoon, she had already presided over two immigration cases in a San Francisco courtroom and was in the middle of another — this one, about an asylum claim.

As she took notes on her computer, a notification popped up on her screen. Levine had been terminated from her job as an immigration judge.

“I see what it is. I ask for a quick break for the parties. I step out and decide for myself that this is unprecedented,” she recalled in an interview with CNN.

Asylum cases take years to resolve in immigration court and the one before Levine was no exception. It was about to end abruptly — with no resolution.

“With my apologies, I’m going to end the case,” she recalled saying when she re-entered the courtroom, then she read the termination letter into the record.

“I explained through the interpreter that I was unfortunately not going to be able to finish the case,” she said. “I packed up my office and walked out the door.”

Levine was let go in September, when such dismissals were a near-daily occurrence. Since Trump took office, 139 immigration judges have been fired, taken an early-out offer, or been involuntarily transferred, according to data provided by the National Association of Immigration Judges. September had the highest number of terminations, with 24 people dismissed. According to the Justice Department, there are more than 600 immigration judges located in 72 immigration courts