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Immigration judges

Jeb Terrien

Immigration Judge, Boston Immigration Court. Appointed April 2021.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Terrien70.5%
Boston court52.6%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
237
Asylum granted
66
Other relief granted
4
Denied
167
Against own court
+17.9 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23
60%80%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 99% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Guatemala (27%), El Salvador (18.6%), Honduras (11.8%), Brazil (10.5%), Ecuador (6.3%).

Official biography

Jeb. T. Terrien was appointed as a Unit Chief Immigration Judge to begin supervisory immigration adjudication center duties and hearing cases in April 2021. Judge Terrien ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 1994 from The University of Virginia and a Juris Doctor in 1997 from Tulane Law School. From 2009 to 2021, he served as a Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney and Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, in Harrisonburg. During that time,from 2014 to 2015, he served as an Assistant Director, National Advocacy Center, Office of Legal Education, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, Department of Justice, in Columbia,South Carolina. From 2004 to 2008, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, in Cincinnati, and the Northern District of West Virginia, in Martinsburg. From2000 to 2004, he served as a Regional Drug Prosecutor for the Commonwealth of Virginia in Halifax, Charlotte, and Campbell Counties. From 1999 to 2000, he served as an Assistant Attorney General with the Virginia Attorney General's Office, in Richmond. From 1998 to 1999,he served as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney for the Accomack County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office in Accomac, Virginia. Judge Terrien is a member of the Virginia 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.