Janette L. Allen
Immigration Judge, El Paso Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 141
- Asylum granted
- 42
- Other relief granted
- 16
- Denied
- 83
- Against own court
- -5.4 pts
| FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|
| 62% | 71% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 65% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Venezuela (36.9%), Mexico (15.6%), Cuba (10.6%), Colombia (7.1%), Guatemala (5.7%).
Official biography
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Janette L. Allen to begin hearing cases in October 2018. Judge Allen ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2004 from Trinity University and a Juris Doctorin 2008 from American University. From 2016 to 2018, she served as senior litigation counsel for Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice. From 2008 to 2016,she was a trial attorney with the same office, where she entered on duty as a law clerk in 2007through the Attorney General's Honors Program. Judge Allen is a member of the Maryland State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at El Paso
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.