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Immigration judges

Jeffery R. Nance

Immigration Judge, Charlotte Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

TRAC source →
Judge Nance83.9%
Charlotte court86.7%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
825
Asylum granted
75
Other relief granted
58
Denied
692
Against own court
-2.8 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
79%84%86%75%87%88%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 79% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (31.6%), Mexico (15.9%), Guatemala (13.6%), El Salvador (13.1%), Venezuela (5.7%).

Official biography

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Jeffery R. Nance to begin hearing cases in October 2018. Judge Nance ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1985 from Brigham Young University, a Juris Doctor from the J. Reuben Clarke School of Law, also at Brigham Young University, in 1988,and a Master of Laws degree in 1997 from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School. From 1998 to 2018, he was an attorney, circuit judge, and chief circuit judge with the U.S. Army in the following locations: Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas;Vilseck, Germany; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Gordon, Georgia; Heidelberg, Germany; Baghdad,Iraq; Vicenza, Italy, Bad Kreuznach, Germany; Okinawa, Japan; and Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Judge Nance is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and Utah State Bar.

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 Charlotte

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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.