Abby L. Meyer
Immigration Judge, Omaha Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 1,166
- Asylum granted
- 31
- Other relief granted
- 175
- Denied
- 960
- Against own court
- -3.5 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87% | 91% | 92% | 86% | 53% | 94% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 90% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Guatemala (45.2%), El Salvador (14.2%), Mexico (13.3%), Honduras (13.2%), Nicaragua (1.8%).
Official biography
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Abby L. Meyer to begin hearing cases in October 2018. Judge Meyer earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2004 from Simpson College and a Juris Doctorin 2007 from the University of Nebraska College of Law. From 2010 to 2018, she served as an assistant chief counsel for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Atlanta and in Omaha, Nebraska. From 2007 to 2010, she was an immigration services officer for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS, in Fairfax,Virginia. Judge Meyer is a member of the Virginia State Bar.
In the record
ACLU accuses Omaha court of violating immigrants' due process in Nebraska, Iowa
An ACLU of Nebraska report based on 534 observed hearings found that of 147 hearings before Judge Abby Meyer, she did not advise 92 percent of immigrants of their rights, and hearings averaged 3 minutes.
A Morning in Omaha's Immigration Court
A first-person account of a morning docket before Judge Abby L. Meyer at Omaha's immigration court, describing her handling of about 30 cases including continuances for unrepresented respondents and a 12-year-old case.
Other judges at Omaha
Court page →About these figures. Denial rates describe outcomes in the cases a judge happened to hear, which differ by detention, nationality and representation. They are not a measure of fairness or competence. Method and sources are on the judges index.