Christina Jimenez

Immigration Judge, Annandale Immigration Court. Appointed August 2022.

LenientGrants far more often than the national average-23.5 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Jimenez39.4%

Arlington court46.3%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 249
Asylum granted: 125
Other relief granted: 26
Denied: 98
Against own court: -6.9 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23	FY24
23%	49%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 93% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (20.5%), El Salvador (18.9%), Guatemala (8.8%), Nicaragua (8.4%), Turkiye (6.8%).

Official biography

Christina M. Jimenez was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in August 2022. Judge Jimenez ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1997 from the University of Washington and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from Boston University. From 2002 to 2022, she served as an attorney and a trial judge with the U.S. Air Force in the following locations: Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom; Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea; Kadena Air Base, Japan; Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.; Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea; Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal; Joint Base Andrews, Maryland; and Travis Air Force Base, California. In 2022, she retired as a colonel from the U.S. Air Force, having last served as the Chief Circuit Military Judge for the Western Circuit. Judge Jimenez is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

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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.