Jacquelyn J. Joyce
Immigration Judge, Houston South Gessner Immigration Court. Appointed August 2023.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 340
- Asylum granted
- 11
- Other relief granted
- 34
- Denied
- 295
- Against own court
- +4.8 pts
| FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| 87% | 95% | 53% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 72% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Venezuela (20.9%), Cuba (18.8%), Nicaragua (14.4%), Honduras (14.1%), Colombia (7.9%).
Official biography
Jacquelyn Jo Joyce was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in August 2023. Judge Joyce ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2007 from the Florida State University and a Juris Doctor in 2010 from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. From 2018 to 2023, she served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security in Pearsall, Texas. From 2015 to 2018, she served as assistant public defender in the Third Judicial Circuit of Florida in Lake City, Florida. From 2010 to 2015, she served as a trial court law clerk for the Third Judicial Circuit of Florida in Live Oak, Florida. Judge Joyce is a member of the Florida Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Houston - Gessner
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.