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The Jena, LA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 3.9% across 46,299 decided cases. The court has 19 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Jena, LA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 3.9% in the current AsylumTracker dataset. Court-level statistics aggregate judges and cases assigned to that 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. (29,858 total cases), Clemente, Jesus (5,353 total cases), and Robbins, Kandra K. (4,034 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (4,530 decided, 2.3% grant rate), Guatemala (2,890 decided, 1.5% grant rate), and Honduras (2,475 decided, 2.3% 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 2026-07-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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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:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reese, Agnelis L. | 1.2% | 323 | 26,873 | 27,196 |
| Clemente, Jesus | 9.7% | 331 | 3,074 | 3,405 |
| Robbins, Kandra K. | 5.4% | 153 | 2,658 | 2,811 |
| Hasbrouck, Tanya | 6.3% | 41 | 605 | 646 |
| Crooks, Grady A | 3.6% | 16 | 428 | 444 |
| Mitchell, Kyle V. | 14.1% | 24 | 146 | 170 |
| Green, David | 10.8% | 22 | 182 | 204 |
| Ratliff, Robert A. | 4.4% | 9 | 194 | 203 |
| Holden, James R. | 2.8% | 6 | 207 | 213 |
| Lasalle Detail Judge 4 | 2.8% | 3 | 106 | 109 |
| Lasalle Detail Judge 1 | 9.7% | 10 | 93 | 103 |
| Lasalle Detail Judge 5 | 2.8% | 3 | 106 | 109 |
| Kasam, Nadeem | 4.5% | 3 | 63 | 66 |
| Lasalle Detail Judge 2 | 2.8% | 3 | 103 | 106 |
| Lasalle Detail Judge 3 | 4.6% | 4 | 83 | 87 |
| Brown, Denise G. | 30.4% | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| Downend, Larry W. | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Patterson, Courtenay | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LaBrosse, Melynda L. | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2.3% | 103 | 4,427 | 4,530 |
| Guatemala | 1.5% | 43 | 2,847 | 2,890 |
| Honduras | 2.3% | 57 | 2,418 | 2,475 |
| Venezuela | 8.2% | 71 | 798 | 869 |
| Cuba | 18.9% | 155 | 667 | 822 |
| Nicaragua | 6.6% | 41 | 582 | 623 |
| El Salvador | 7.2% | 37 | 476 | 513 |
| China | 10.9% | 50 | 409 | 459 |
| India | 2.4% | 11 | 441 | 452 |
| Colombia | 3.4% | 14 | 397 | 411 |
| Cameroon | 45.7% | 181 | 215 | 396 |
| Russia | 48.5% | 163 | 173 | 336 |
| Ecuador | 2.1% | 7 | 322 | 329 |
| Uzbekistan | 9.0% | 18 | 181 | 199 |
| Turkey | 10.2% | 20 | 176 | 196 |
| Nepal | 3.6% | 6 | 161 | 167 |
| Georgia | 33.1% | 54 | 109 | 163 |
| Brazil | 1.4% | 2 | 142 | 144 |
| Bangladesh | 9.8% | 14 | 129 | 143 |
| Dominican Republic | 7.7% | 11 | 131 | 142 |
| Afghanistan | 46.3% | 62 | 72 | 134 |
| Jamaica | 11.4% | 15 | 117 | 132 |
| Haiti | 4.7% | 6 | 121 | 127 |
| Ethiopia | 31.8% | 34 | 73 | 107 |
| Peru | 4.7% | 5 | 101 | 106 |
| Vietnam | 13.5% | 14 | 90 | 104 |
| Egypt | 15.8% | 15 | 80 | 95 |
| Iran | 37.9% | 33 | 54 | 87 |
| Armenia | 14.7% | 11 | 64 | 75 |
| Mauritania | 6.9% | 5 | 67 | 72 |
| Somalia | 22.5% | 16 | 55 | 71 |
| Pakistan | 13.4% | 9 | 58 | 67 |
| Eritrea | 42.4% | 28 | 38 | 66 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 25.0% | 15 | 45 | 60 |
| Jordan | 6.8% | 4 | 55 | 59 |
| Sri Lanka | 18.9% | 10 | 43 | 53 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 51 | 51 |
| Ghana | 23.4% | 11 | 36 | 47 |
| Senegal | 5.0% | 2 | 38 | 40 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 15.0% | 6 | 34 | 40 |
| Nigeria | 15.4% | 6 | 33 | 39 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| Sudan | 45.2% | 14 | 17 | 31 |
| Guinea | 27.3% | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Bolivia | 10.0% | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| Bahamas | 0.0% | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Togo | 6.2% | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| Belize | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Yemen | 13.3% | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Gambia | 20.0% | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Angola | 14.3% | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 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 |
| Mali | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Azerbaijan | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Laos | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Kenya | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Kosovo | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Panama | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 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 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |