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Jennifer M. Riedthaler-Williams

Immigration Judge, Cleveland Immigration Court. Appointed May 2019 by William P. Barr.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Riedthaler-Williams72.7%
Cleveland court79.2%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
422
Asylum granted
57
Other relief granted
58
Denied
307
Against own court
-6.5 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
89%41%56%71%83%77%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 79% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (14.2%), Guatemala (10.9%), El Salvador (9.5%), Brazil (6.2%), Nicaragua (6.2%).

Official biography

Attorney General William Barr appointed Jennifer Margaret Riedthaler Williams to begin hearing cases in May 2019. Judge Riedthaler Williams ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 from Baldwin Wallace College, a Juris Doctor in 2001 from Case Western Reserve University Schoolof Law, and a Master of Public Administration in 2006 from Cleveland State University. From2017 to 2019, she served as a judicial magistrate with the Lorain County Domestic Relations Court in Elyria, Ohio. From 2005 to 2017, she served as an assistant prosecuting attorney with the Lorain County Prosecutor's Office in Elyria, Ohio, in the felony criminal division. From2001 to 2005, she served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in the same office working in the juvenile and felony non-support division. Judge Riedthaler Williams is a member of the Ohio Bar.

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 Cleveland

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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.