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Janette L. Allen

Immigration Judge, El Paso Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

TRAC source →
Judge Allen58.9%
El Paso court64.3%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
141
Asylum granted
42
Other relief granted
16
Denied
83
Against own court
-5.4 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY25FY26
62%71%

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

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.

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 El Paso

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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.