Immigration court
Jena, LA Immigration Court
16 judges · LA
EOIR data through Oct 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 1,901
- Granted
- 45,866
- Denied
- 16
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Jena, LA, 10 judges range from 1.2% to 9.7%.
Each judge's all-time EOIR decided outcomes across every court they have served in: granted ÷ (granted + denied). Judges now based at this court with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.
Recent decisions (Oct 2024 – Sep 2026): Jena, LA Immigration Court granted asylum in 5.2% of 12,951 decided cases. That is higher than the court's all-time rate of 4.0% (47,767 decided cases). Over the same months, the national rate was 5.0%.
How to Interpret This Court's Data
Court-level statistics aggregate the judges and cases assigned to the Jena, LA Immigration Court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Reese, Agnelis L. (29,857 total cases), Clemente, Jesus (5,350 total cases), and Robbins, Kandra K. (4,222 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court (fiscal years 2020–2026) include Mexico (4,931 decided, 2.3% grant rate), Guatemala (3,125 decided, 1.5% grant rate), and Honduras (2,727 decided, 2.5% grant rate).
Asylum grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Procedural outcomes are separated so users can distinguish merits decisions from docket-management outcomes.
This page uses public EOIR records last updated 2026-10-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
Read how EOIR data works or learn how to compare asylum approval rates.
Areas Served by This Court
Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Jena, LA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 249 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
LA — Sulphur, Abbeville, Abita Springs, Addis, Albany, Amelia, Amite, Anacoco, Arcadia, Baker, Baldwin, Ball, Barksdale Afb, Batchelor, Bell City and 145 more cities
MS — Moss Point, Pascagoula, Vicksburg, Bay Saint Louis, Bay Springs, Beaumont, Bogue Chitto, Bolton, Braxton, Brookhaven, Brooklyn, Buckatunna, Byram, Carriere, Carthage and 70 more cities
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reese, Agnelis L. | 1.2% | 323 | 26,872 | 27,195 |
| Clemente, Jesus | 9.7% | 331 | 3,072 | 3,403 |
| Robbins, Kandra K. | 5.5% | 161 | 2,780 | 2,941 |
| Hasbrouck, Tanya | 6.3% | 41 | 605 | 646 |
| Crooks, Grady A | 3.6% | 16 | 428 | 444 |
| Patterson, Courtenay | 1.8% | 4 | 213 | 217 |
| Downend, Larry W. | 3.7% | 9 | 232 | 241 |
| Strader, Lisa | 3.9% | 7 | 172 | 179 |
| LaBrosse, Melynda L. | 4.2% | 5 | 114 | 119 |
| Ratliff, Robert A. | 4.5% | 9 | 193 | 202 |
| Kasam, Nadeem | 10.6% | 10 | 84 | 94 |
| Watson, Lauren | 1.1% | 1 | 94 | 95 |
| Cotton, Stephanie | 0.0% | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| Meinecke, Terry | 0.0% | 0 | 49 | 49 |
| Richards, William | 0.0% | 0 | 49 | 49 |
| Brown, Denise G. | 30.4% | 7 | 16 | 23 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Lasalle Detail Judge 4, Lasalle Detail Judge 1, Lasalle Detail Judge 5, Lasalle Detail Judge 2, Lasalle Detail Judge 3. They are excluded from the rate table above.
Approval Rate by Nationality
Fiscal years 2020–2026 (Oct 2019 – Sep 2026).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2.3% | 111 | 4,820 | 4,931 |
| Guatemala | 1.5% | 48 | 3,077 | 3,125 |
| Honduras | 2.5% | 68 | 2,659 | 2,727 |
| Venezuela | 7.9% | 75 | 879 | 954 |
| Cuba | 17.7% | 158 | 734 | 892 |
| Nicaragua | 6.4% | 43 | 631 | 674 |
| El Salvador | 7.2% | 40 | 516 | 556 |
| China | 10.9% | 52 | 425 | 477 |
| India | 2.3% | 11 | 458 | 469 |
| Colombia | 3.4% | 15 | 429 | 444 |
| Cameroon | 45.5% | 184 | 220 | 404 |
| Ecuador | 2.2% | 8 | 359 | 367 |
| Russia | 48.1% | 166 | 179 | 345 |
| Turkey | 11.3% | 23 | 180 | 203 |
| Uzbekistan | 9.0% | 18 | 182 | 200 |
| Georgia | 32.5% | 55 | 114 | 169 |
| Nepal | 3.6% | 6 | 162 | 168 |
| Dominican Republic | 6.7% | 11 | 153 | 164 |
| Brazil | 1.3% | 2 | 153 | 155 |
| Haiti | 4.5% | 7 | 148 | 155 |
| Bangladesh | 9.7% | 14 | 130 | 144 |
| Jamaica | 11.1% | 16 | 128 | 144 |
| Afghanistan | 46.8% | 65 | 74 | 139 |
| Peru | 5.2% | 6 | 110 | 116 |
| Ethiopia | 31.6% | 36 | 78 | 114 |
| Vietnam | 14.0% | 15 | 92 | 107 |
| Egypt | 17.2% | 17 | 82 | 99 |
| Iran | 43.9% | 43 | 55 | 98 |
| Mauritania | 9.8% | 8 | 74 | 82 |
| Armenia | 14.7% | 11 | 64 | 75 |
| Somalia | 23.6% | 17 | 55 | 72 |
| Eritrea | 43.3% | 29 | 38 | 67 |
| Pakistan | 13.4% | 9 | 58 | 67 |
| Jordan | 6.5% | 4 | 58 | 62 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 24.6% | 15 | 46 | 61 |
| Sri Lanka | 18.2% | 10 | 45 | 55 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 55 | 55 |
| Ghana | 25.0% | 12 | 36 | 48 |
| Nigeria | 14.3% | 6 | 36 | 42 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 14.3% | 6 | 36 | 42 |
| Senegal | 5.0% | 2 | 38 | 40 |
| Sudan | 50.0% | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| Guinea | 25.0% | 6 | 18 | 24 |
| Bahamas | 0.0% | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| Bolivia | 9.5% | 2 | 19 | 21 |
| Angola | 9.5% | 2 | 19 | 21 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Belize | 5.9% | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Yemen | 17.6% | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| Togo | 5.9% | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Gambia | 20.0% | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| The Republic Of The Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 55.6% | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Syria | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Kenya | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Mali | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Azerbaijan | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Ukraine | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Laos | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Kosovo | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Panama | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Uganda | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Albania | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Sierra Leone | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |