Judge Nance, Jeffery R.

Immigration Judge at Charlotte, NC

1.4%

Approval Rate

138

Granted

12,618

Denied

12,756

Total Decided

Judge Nance, Jeffery R. serves at the Charlotte, NC Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 1.4%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

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DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Nance (Charlotte, NC) data snapshot: 15,088 cases over 16 years, 1.4% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Nance, Jeffery R. (IJ code JRN, Charlotte, NC):

Overall track record

16 years on the bench (since 2011), 15,088 cases total, lifetime grant rate 1.4%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 11,322 cases, grant rate 0.7% — roughly in line with the Charlotte court average (1.9%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Honduras              4407    0.2%
Guatemala             2020    0.2%
Mexico                2019    1.1%
El Salvador            505    2.1%
Venezuela              491    2.6%
Nicaragua              489    0.2%
Brazil                 363    0.6%
Colombia               345    0.0%
Cuba                   149    7.1%
Peru                    93    0.0%
Ecuador                 91    0.0%

Year-by-year

2023: 2730 cases, 1.0% grant rate
2024: 2238 cases, 1.4% grant rate
2025: 4101 cases, 0.5% grant rate
2026: 2253 cases, 0.1% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Nance, 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

Nance, Jeffery R. is listed with the Charlotte, NC Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 1.4% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Honduras (5,268 decided, 0.5% grant rate), Guatemala (2,559 decided, 0.4% grant rate), and Mexico (2,222 decided, 1.5% 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
Honduras	0.5%	25	5,243	5,268
Guatemala	0.4%	10	2,549	2,559
Mexico	1.5%	34	2,188	2,222
El Salvador	2.6%	16	608	624
Nicaragua	0.4%	2	480	482
Venezuela	3.7%	17	441	458
Brazil	0.6%	2	351	353
Colombia	0.6%	2	319	321
Ecuador	0.0%	0	92	92
Peru	0.0%	0	85	85
Haiti	3.0%	2	64	66
Cuba	13.3%	8	52	60
Dominican Republic	4.5%	1	21	22
Russia	38.1%	8	13	21
Jamaica	0.0%	0	20	20
China	5.9%	1	16	17
Romania	0.0%	0	14	14
Senegal	7.7%	1	12	13
India	0.0%	0	12	12
Congo	0.0%	0	8	8
Cameroon	20.0%	1	4	5
Bolivia	0.0%	0	5	5
Chile	0.0%	0	4	4
Bangladesh	0.0%	0	3	3
Eritrea	33.3%	1	2	3
Egypt	100.0%	3	0	3
Palestine	100.0%	3	0	3
Vietnam	0.0%	0	3	3
Jordan	0.0%	0	3	3
Democratic Republic Of Congo	0.0%	0	3	3
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	2	2
Lebanon	50.0%	1	1	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	0.1%	2	1,797	1,799
2025	0.5%	18	3,903	3,921
2024	1.4%	31	2,173	2,204
2023	1.0%	27	2,589	2,616
2022	2.4%	42	1,707	1,749
2021	17.1%	36	175	211
2020	3.3%	14	409	423

Community Discussion

Judge Nance (Charlotte, NC) data snapshot: 15,088 cases over 16 years, 1.4% grant rate

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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