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Jennifer R. Bell

Immigration Judge, Atlanta W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court. Appointed February 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Bell62.2%
Atlanta court82.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
251
Asylum granted
45
Other relief granted
50
Denied
156
Against own court
-20.2 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24FY25FY26
33%62%82%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 74% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Mexico (21.9%), Venezuela (17.5%), Nicaragua (12.7%), Guatemala (10.8%), Honduras (8.4%).

Official biography

Jennifer R. Bell was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in February 2023. Judge Bell ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2005 from Auburn University and a Juris Doctor in 2009 from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law. From 2019 to 2022, she served as an attorney advisor for the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, Department of Health and Human Services, in Atlanta. From 2018 to 2019, she served as an assistant commonwealth's attorney at the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky. From 2010 to 2017, she served as a deputy district attorney for the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office in Montgomery, Alabama. From 2009 to 2010, she served as a judicial clerk in Auburn, Alabama. Judge Bell is a member of the Alabama State Bar and the Kentucky 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.