Jennifer I. Peyton
Immigration Judge, Chicago Immigration Court. Appointed September 2016 by Loretta E. Lynch.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 137
- Asylum granted
- 107
- Other relief granted
- 15
- Denied
- 15
- Against own court
- -38.1 pts
| FY21 | FY22 |
|---|---|
| 7% | 7% |
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.
In the record
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Other judges at Chicago
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.