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Jennifer I. Peyton

Immigration Judge, Chicago Immigration Court. Appointed September 2016 by Loretta E. Lynch.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Peyton10.9%
Chicago court49.0%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
137
Asylum granted
107
Other relief granted
15
Denied
15
Against own court
-38.1 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22
7%7%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 93% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (13.9%), El Salvador (10.2%), Mexico (10.2%), China (6.6%), India (5.1%).

Official biography

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Jennifer I. Peyton to begin hearing cases in September 2016. Judge Peyton ear ned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1994 from Trinity College and a Juris Doctor in 1998 from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. From April 2016 to September 2016, she was in private practice as a partner at Brown LLC. From 2003 to April 2016, she was in private practice as mana ging partner of Jennifer I. Peyton, Attorney at Law LLC, in Cleveland. In 2013, she joined the faculty of the Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, where she served as an adjunct clinical professor, and in 2006 she joined the faculty of the Case Western University School of Law, where she served as an adjunct professor. Judge Peyton is a member of the Ohio 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.