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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Jacob J. Stender

Immigration Judge, Concord Immigration Court. Appointed May 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Stender49.6%
Concord court51.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
407
Asylum granted
180
Other relief granted
25
Denied
202
Against own court
-1.8 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24FY25FY26
12%46%84%

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: India (43.5%), Mexico (21.1%), El Salvador (7.6%), Guatemala (7.6%), Nicaragua (3.4%).

Official biography

Jacob J. Stender was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in May 2023. Judge Stender ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from Western Washington University and a Juris Doctor in 2012 from the Seattle University School of Law. From 2020 to 2023, he served as a lead administrative law judge, and from 2017 to 2020, as an administrative law judge, for the Washington State Office of Administrative Hearings. From 2013 to 2017, he served as a district court commissioner for the District Court of Maryland. Judge Stender is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Maryland State 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 Concord

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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.