Jeffery R. Nance
Immigration Judge, Charlotte Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 825
- Asylum granted
- 75
- Other relief granted
- 58
- Denied
- 692
- Against own court
- -2.8 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79% | 84% | 86% | 75% | 87% | 88% |
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.
In the record
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Other judges at Charlotte
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.