Jennie L. Kneedler
Immigration Judge, Sterling Immigration Court. Appointed February 2023.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 398
- Asylum granted
- 137
- Other relief granted
- 16
- Denied
- 245
- Against own court
- -10.0 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| 23% | 28% | 79% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 93% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: El Salvador (32.2%), Honduras (20.9%), Guatemala (11.6%), Nicaragua (7.5%), Peru (5.8%).
Official biography
Jennie L. Kneedler was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in February 2023. Judge Kneedler ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 from Bowdoin College and a Juris Doctor in 2004 from Yale Law School. From 2021 to 2022, she was a mana ging attorney in the Detained Adult Program at the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition. In 2018, she star ted at the American Bar Association's Commission on Immigration, where she later be came the director of policy and pro bono until 2021. From 2011 to 2018, she served as a trial attorney and then as a senior trial counsel with the Federal Programs Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice. From 2005 to 2010, she was an associate at Steptoe & Johnson LLP in Washington. From 2004 to 2005, she served as a law clerk for a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas. Judge Kneedler is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.
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Other judges at Sterling
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.