Immigration judge Jacob J. Stender
EOIR records Jacob J. Stender as a serving immigration judge, code JJS, with 2,297 proceedings completed in the five fiscal years to 2025 and 65.8% of the asylum applications decided granted, against 37.3% across the country.
Cases, decisions and backlog
- 2,297
- Proceedings completed, FY2021–2025
- 35.5% decided in absentia
- 6,471
- Proceedings pending as of September 2026
- 65.8%
- Asylum grant rate, FY2023–2025
- 275 granted of 418 decided
Over the 3 fiscal years from 2023 to 2025, this judge granted 275 asylum applications and denied 143 — 65.8% of those decided, against 37.3% across the country. A further 481 ended neither way and are in neither figure.
By fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | Completed | Asylum granted | Asylum denied |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1,232 | 83 | 108 |
| FY2024 | 894 | 159 | 22 |
| FY2023 | 166 | 33 | 13 |
| FY2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Complete fiscal years only. A proceeding is counted in the year it completed, which is not the year it was recorded, so this table is not a record of what arrived.
Where the proceedings were
The courts where EOIR records this judge completing proceedings, which is not the same as the courts they are assigned to: a judge is assigned to a median of three at once and as many as 72, and an assignment is not a posting.
Sources
- EOIR immigration court outcomes by judge, court and fiscal year — U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review · retrieved September 1, 2026
- EOIR immigration judges and courts
Data retrieved