Judge Allen, Janette L.

17.6%

Approval Rate

232

Granted

1,462

Denied

1,694

Total Decided

Judge Allen, Janette L. serves at the West Los Angeles, CA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 17.6%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Community Discussion

DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Allen (West Los Angeles, CA) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 12% to 4% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Allen, Janette L. (IJ code JAN, West Los Angeles, CA):

Overall track record

32 years on the bench (since 1995), 3,800 cases total, lifetime grant rate 17.4%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,040 cases, grant rate 7.3% — 5.8pp below the West Los Angeles court average (13.1%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Venezuela              358    6.3%
Guatemala              349    1.2%
Mexico                 338   11.5%
Cuba                   209   12.2%
Colombia               160    2.3%
Honduras               146    3.7%
El Salvador             94   14.3%
Ecuador                 72    0.0%
Nicaragua               58    9.8%
Turkey                  53    2.4%
Peru                    37   20.7%

Year-by-year

2023:  551 cases, 12.2% grant rate
2024:  375 cases, 6.5% grant rate
2025:  677 cases, 5.2% grant rate
2026:  437 cases, 3.6% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Allen, I'd love to hear:

1. What's your nationality, and when was your most recent hearing?

2. How did your attorney prepare for this judge specifically?

Source: EOIR (U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review) public statistics, May 2026 release, compiled by AsylumTracker. A judge's historical pattern does not predict the outcome of any individual case; this is shared to help set realistic expectations. Real-experience accounts from the community are welcome.

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How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Allen, Janette L. is listed with the West Los Angeles, CA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 17.6% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Guatemala (355 decided, 4.8% grant rate), Mexico (317 decided, 27.8% grant rate), and Venezuela (309 decided, 5.5% grant rate). Compare these rows with the judge's overall rate because nationality mix can materially change how the headline number should be read.

Grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.

This page is based on public EOIR data last updated 2026-05-08. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

Read the grant-rate methodology or learn how to read immigration judge statistics.

Approval Rate by Nationality

Nationality	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
Guatemala	4.8%	17	338	355
Mexico	27.8%	88	229	317
Venezuela	5.5%	17	292	309
Honduras	7.9%	11	129	140
El Salvador	27.0%	34	92	126
Colombia	2.4%	3	123	126
Cuba	7.2%	5	64	69
Nicaragua	7.3%	3	38	41
Turkey	2.4%	1	40	41
China	71.8%	28	11	39
Ecuador	0.0%	0	38	38
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	30	30
Peru	23.1%	6	20	26
Russia	93.3%	14	1	15
Brazil	0.0%	0	9	9
Haiti	0.0%	0	4	4
Bolivia	0.0%	0	3	3
Armenia	50.0%	1	1	2
India	100.0%	2	0	2
Bangladesh	100.0%	2	0	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	2.4%	6	241	247
2025	5.2%	22	399	421
2024	6.5%	17	244	261
2023	12.2%	55	395	450
2022	65.2%	73	39	112
2021	77.1%	37	11	48
2020	20.3%	42	165	207

Community Discussion

Judge Allen (West Los Angeles, CA) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 12% to 4% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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