What is Judge JAZ's grant rate?

Immigration Judge JAZ has an overall grant rate of 38.5% across 39 decisions at the Chelmsford Immigration Court. The denial rate is 61.5%.

Where does Judge JAZ serve?

Judge JAZ serves at the Chelmsford Immigration Court. You can view all judges and court-wide statistics on the court page.

How many cases has Judge JAZ decided?

Judge JAZ has decided 39 cases on record in DOJ EOIR data, including 15 grants and 24 denials.

Does a judge's grant rate predict my case outcome?

No. Judge JAZ's 61.5% denial-leaning history still mixes case types, country conditions, and counsel rates, it is not a forecast for a future hearing. Always consult a licensed immigration attorney.

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Immigration Judge JAZ

Name: Immigration Judge JAZ - Case Outcome Data
Creator: PlainImmigration
Published: 2025-09-30
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According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: 39 merits decisions make Judge JAZ a thin-volume IJ code in the FOIA release. Grant rate sits mid-corpus at 38.5% (below the 48.3% national average).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

38.5%
Asylum grant rate: 61.5%
Asylum denial rate: 39
Asylum decisions

Judge JAZ in one line

Judge JAZ's asylum grant rate is 38.5% (mid-band grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 39 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

38.5%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate: 39
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume: -9.8 pp
vs. national average

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"JAZ" is the anonymized judge code DOJ's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) assigns in its public case-data release, not a verified public identity. EOIR does not publish immigration judges' full names in this dataset, so this code should not be read as confirming, or attributing these statistics to, any specific named individual. See our methodology for detail.

This judge's merits outcome mix

39merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted15(38%)Denied24(62%)

Statistical data only. Judge JAZ's 61.5% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge JAZ vs all tracked IJs by asylum grant rate

Where this judge's FY2015–2025 asylum grant rate sits among every tracked immigration judge (a leniency measure, not a quality ranking)

38.5% 894th of 1696 higher than 802 of 1,696 judges

Immigration judges, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge JAZ's grant rate

EOIR publishes immigration judges as three-letter codes, not names. This chamber lists nationwide IJs whose asylum grant rate is closest to 38.5% (ABS gap), with a merits-volume stamp so volume is visible without a second identical card grid.

1,695 other immigration judges nationwide have a tracked asylum grant rate; the 6 closest matches to Judge JAZ are shown here.

IJ	Grant	Δ vs here	Merits	Stamp	Court
DML	38.5%	same	1,113	FULL	Miami
PMH	38.5%	same	590	FULL	Phoenix
VAB	38.5%	same	156	LIGHT	San Francisco
CMM	38.5%	same	130	LIGHT	Laredo
PD1	38.5%	same	65	THIN	Kansas City
BAR	38.5%	same	26	THIN	Otay Mesa

Same-bench poles at Chelmsford

Same-bench spread at Chelmsford: Judge JAZ runs 38.5% - below the 48.3% national average among IJs with at least 20 merits here.

Data from DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data for Judge JAZ at Chelmsford Immigration Court. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Judge JAZ's 39-decision EOIR row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ JAZ at Chelmsford Immigration Court; merits-decision volume 39. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 39 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge JAZ's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - merits-decision volume 39, not hand-typed editorial values. justice.gov/eoir/foia-library-0

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Judge JAZ's grant/denial/merits figures are recomputed live from the EOIR case-level extract on every request, never hand-typed. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-05.