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Jayme Salinardi

Immigration Judge, Kansas City Immigration Court. Appointed June 2016 by Loretta E. Lynch.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Salinardi78.9%
Kansas City court75.9%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
592
Asylum granted
37
Other relief granted
88
Denied
467
Against own court
+3.0 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
61%90%91%77%50%94%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 63% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Guatemala (28%), Honduras (17.4%), Mexico (15.7%), Colombia (7.9%), El Salvador (6.9%).

Official biography

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Jayme Salinardi to begin hearing cases in June 2016. Judge Salinardi ear ned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1994 from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Juris Doctor in 1999 from the University of Missouri-Columbia. From 2012 to May 2016, Judge Salinardi served as deputy chief counsel for the Office of the Chief Counsel (OCC), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). From 2003 through 2012, Judge Salinardi served as assistant chief counsel and senior attorney for OCC, ICE, DHS. From 2000 through 2003, Judge Salinardi served as an immigration attorney for Fallon, Bixby, Cheng & Lee, in San Francisco. In 2011, Judge Salinardi joined the faculty of the University of Missouri School of Law where he serves as an adjunct professor of law. Judge Salinardi is a member of the State Bar of California.

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 Kansas City

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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.