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Inside Immigration

Plain-language guides to US immigration, asylum and USCIS procedure.

Immigration judges

Jeffrey V. Munoz

Immigration Judge, Imperial Immigration Court. Appointed December 2020 by William P. Barr.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

TRAC source →
Judge Munoz30.8%
Imperial court42.0%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
461
Asylum granted
249
Other relief granted
70
Denied
142
Against own court
-11.2 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
21%7%21%39%41%86%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 83% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Russia (22.3%), Mexico (13%), Somalia (7.4%), India (5%), Bangladesh (4.8%).

Official biography

Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Jeffrey V. Muñoz as an Immigration Judge in December 2020. Judge Muñoz ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1995 from Northwestern Universityand a Juris Doctor in 2003 from the University of Arizona College of Law. From 1995 to 2020,he served on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps first as a ground supply officer and then, as acriminal defense attorney, prosecutor, staff judge advocate (general counsel), and military trial judge in the Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary. He has deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, in Afghanistan. Judge Muñoz 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 Imperial

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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.