Jason L. Pope

Immigration Judge, Sterling Immigration Court. Appointed May 2019 by William P. Barr.

StrictDenies more often than the national average+14.7 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Pope77.6%

Sterling court71.6%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 990
Asylum granted: 203
Other relief granted: 19
Denied: 768
Against own court: +6.0 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
61%	64%	77%	94%

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

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 ear ned 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 attorneyspecializing 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.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

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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.