Jason L. Stern
Immigration Judge, Houston - Greenspoint Park. Appointed November 2023.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 583
- Asylum granted
- 23
- Other relief granted
- 18
- Denied
- 542
- Against own court
- +3.6 pts
| FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| 89% | 94% | 96% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 56% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Venezuela (27.3%), Honduras (19%), Mexico (15.3%), Colombia (8.2%), Cuba (7.5%).
Official biography
Jason Lawrence Stern was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Stern ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2008 from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor in 2014 from Seton Hall University School of Law. From 2022 to 2023, he served as a deputy chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Houston. From 2018 to 2022, he served as an assistant chief counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in San Antonio (Pearsall). From 2015 to 2018, he served as a presidential management fellow and asylum officer in Asylum Headquarters, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS in Washington, D.C. From 2014 to 2015, Judge Stern clerked for the Honorable Sohail Mohammed, Judge of the Superior Court, in the Chancery Division, Family Part of the Passaic County Court in New Jersey. Judge Stern is a member of the New Jersey State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Houston - Greenspoint
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.