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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Jack H. Weil

Immigration Judge, Baltimore Immigration Court. Appointed October 1994.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Weil23.1%
Baltimore court55.7%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
484
Asylum granted
310
Other relief granted
62
Denied
112
Against own court
-32.6 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25
13%6%10%52%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 95% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (24.8%), El Salvador (23.1%), Guatemala (14.9%), Nigeria (6.6%), Cameroon (4.3%).

Official biography

Judge Weil was appointed as an Immigration Judge in October 1994. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985, and a Juris Doctorate in 1988, both from the University of Maryland. Judge Weil worked as an associate counsel to the Director, Executive Office for Immigration Review, in Falls Church, Virginia, from 1990 to 1994. Prior to that, from 1988 to 1990, he was a judicial law clerk with the Immigration Court in San Diego. In 1988, he worked as a student intern with the former Immigration and Naturalization Service in Baltimore, Maryland. Judge Weil also did internships with the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, the law firm of Goldsobel, Permut & Co., in Haifa, Israel, and with counsel for CIGNA/AETNA. He is a member of the Maryland Bar.

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

In the record

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

Other judges at Baltimore

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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.