Immigration judge Joren Lyons
EOIR records Joren Lyons as a serving immigration judge, code CJL, with 1,235 proceedings completed in the five fiscal years to 2023 and 33.2% of the asylum applications decided granted, against 37.3% across the country.
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Cases, decisions and backlog
- 1,235
- Proceedings completed, FY2019–2023
- 27.6% decided in absentia
- 0
- Proceedings pending at 2026-09
- 33.2%
- Asylum grant rate, FY2019–2021
- 112 granted of 337 decided
Over the 3 fiscal years from 2019 to 2021, this judge granted 112 asylum applications and denied 225 — 33.2% of those decided, against 37.3% across the country. A further 257 ended neither way and are in neither figure.
By fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | Completed | Asylum granted | Asylum denied |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 72 | 1 | 8 |
| FY2020 | 458 | 21 | 94 |
| FY2019 | 689 | 90 | 123 |
| FY2018 | 696 | 100 | 89 |
| FY2017 | 798 | 94 | 50 |
| FY2016 | 943 | 58 | 11 |
| FY2015 | 838 | 67 | 17 |
| FY2014 | 632 | 69 | 30 |
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