Jason L. Pope
Immigration Judge, Sterling Immigration Court. Appointed May 2019 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 990
- Asylum granted
- 203
- Other relief granted
- 19
- Denied
- 768
- Against own court
- +6.0 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61% | 64% | 77% | 94% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 89% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: El Salvador (26.9%), Honduras (21.6%), Guatemala (10.9%), Mexico (6.3%), Peru (6.2%).
Official biography
Attorney General William Barr appointed Jason L. Pope to begin hearing cases in May 2019.Judge Pope earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from Niagara University and a Juris Doctor in2006 from Syracuse University College of Law. From 2014 to 2019, he served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Departmentof Homeland Security, in Baltimore, Maryland. From 2007 to 2012, he was an associate attorney specializing in immigration law at the law firm of Berlin & Associates, P.A. in Baltimore,Maryland, and later founded the Law Office of Jason Pope in Frederick, Maryland. Judge Pope isa member of the Maryland State Bar.
In the record
Angelina Nkoli Okwuego v. Jason L. Pope
A non-precedential Third Circuit opinion in a pro se suit brought against Immigration Judge Jason L. Pope. Okwuego sought an injunction to stop an immigration hearing in her spouse's case; the district court dismissed her complaint as moot and the appeals court dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
Other judges at Sterling
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.