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Immigration judges

Jacqueline J. Jackson

Immigration Judge, San Francisco Immigration Court. Appointed June 2018 by Jeff Sessions.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Jackson15.2%
San Francisco court28.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
105
Asylum granted
83
Other relief granted
6
Denied
16
Against own court
-13.2 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22
18%9%

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 (43.8%), Guatemala (12.4%), Mexico (11.4%), El Salvador (9.5%), Nepal (5.7%).

Official biography

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Jacqueline J. Jackson to begin hearing cases in June 2018. Judge Jackson ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1986 from Stanford University, a Juris Doctorin 1989 from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, and a Master of Strategic Studies in 2013 from the U.S. Army War College. From 2006 to 2018, she was a senior attorney with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)in San Francisco. From 2000 to 2006, she worked as an agency counsel for Customs and Border Protection, DHS, in San Diego and San Francisco. From 1997 to 1999, she was an assistant U.S.attorney in San Diego. Her active duty military service includes: from 1996 to 1997, trial counsel for the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAGC) in Fort Hood, Texas; from 1994 to 1996,professional recruiter for JAGC in Fort Belvoir, Va.; from 1992 to 1994, an attorney advisor for the Defense Supply Service in Washington, D.C.; and from 1990 to 1992, a legal assistant and labor advisor for the U.S. Army in Bayonne, N.J. Judge Jackson is a member of the Pennsylvania 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.

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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.