What is Judge JJS's grant rate?

Immigration Judge JJS has an overall grant rate of 74.3% across 421 decisions at the Concord Immigration Court. The denial rate is 25.7%.

Where does Judge JJS serve?

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

How many cases has Judge JJS decided?

Judge JJS has decided 421 cases on record in DOJ EOIR data, including 313 grants and 108 denials.

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

No. Judge JJS's 74.3% grant-leaning history aggregates many case types and nationalities, your merits hearing depends on your facts, relief sought, and representation. Always consult a licensed immigration attorney.

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Immigration Judge JJS

Name: Immigration Judge JJS - 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: Judge JJS's 74.3% grant rate is among the highest in the tracked IJ corpus. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked IJs at 74.3% (above the 48.3% national average).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

74.3%
Asylum grant rate: 25.7%
Asylum denial rate: 421
Asylum decisions

Judge JJS in one line

Judge JJS's asylum grant rate is 74.3% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 421 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

74.3%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate: 421
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume: +26.0 pp
vs. national average

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"JJS" 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

421merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted313(74%)Denied108(26%)

Statistical data only. Judge JJS's 74.3% grant-leaning history still mixes case types and nationalities, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge JJS 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)

74.3% 160th of 1696 higher than 1,536 of 1,696 judges

Immigration judges, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Year-by-Year Outcomes

Historical asylum merits decisions for this anonymized EOIR judge code. Annual rows can be thin, and are not a forecast of any future case.

FY	Decisions	Grants	Denials	Grant %
2024	118	102	16	86.4%
2025	303	211	92	69.6%

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge JJS's grant rate

This chamber tracks nationwide IJs nearest Judge JJS's 74.3% grant rate, an upper-third corpus rate, with THIN/LIGHT/FULL/HEAVY merits stamps on each peer row.

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

IJ	Grant	Δ vs here	Merits	Stamp	Court
DDB	74.2%	-0.1 pp	97	THIN	Los Angeles - West
DNO	74.4%	+0.1 pp	465	LIGHT	New York - Varick Street
MMC	74.5%	+0.2 pp	196	LIGHT	New York - Federal Plaza
BND	74.5%	+0.2 pp	55	THIN	Cleveland
LES	74.6%	+0.3 pp	1,112	FULL	New York - Federal Plaza
JAN	74.0%	-0.3 pp	200	LIGHT	El Paso

Same-bench poles at Concord

Same-bench spread at Concord: Judge JJS runs 74.3% - above both the 48.3% national average and several benchmates with at least 20 merits.

Nationwide judges with similar asylum caseload

Immigration judges at other courts with a comparable merits-decision volume, distinct from same-bench grant-rate peers above.

IJ ROS · Orlando Immigration Court · 421 merits · 32.1% grant
IJ CBA · Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court · 421 merits · 19.7% grant
IJ CNF · Tacoma Immigration Court · 420 merits · 34.0% grant
IJ LFZ · El Paso Immigration Court · 423 merits · 61.0% grant

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

Read our methodology - how Judge JJS's 421-decision EOIR row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ JJS at Concord Immigration Court; asylum grant rate 74.3%. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 421 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge JJS's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - asylum grant rate 74.3%, 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 JJS'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.