Jeremy J. Butler
Immigration Judge, San Francisco Immigration Court. Appointed June 2020 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 778
- Asylum granted
- 629
- Other relief granted
- 10
- Denied
- 139
- Against own court
- -10.5 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30% | 9% | 22% | 8% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 95% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: India (24.3%), Guatemala (20.7%), El Salvador (15.2%), Mexico (13.6%), Honduras (6.8%).
Official biography
Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Jeremy J. Butler as an immigration judge in June 2020. Judge Butler ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from Cornell College and a Juris Doctor in2006 from Valparaiso University School of Law. From May 2019 to June 2020, he served as deputy chief of the Civil Division and an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Hawaii, in Honolulu. From 2014 to 2019, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney,Civil Division, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona, in Tucson. From 2012 to 2014,he served as an assistant attorney general, Civil Division, Arizona Attorney General's Office, in Tucson. From 2008 to 2011, he was an associate attorney with Burke, Costanza, & Carberry LLP, in Merrillville, Indiana. From 2006 to 2008, he served as a judicial law clerk for the U.S.District Court, District of Northern Indiana, in Merrillville. Judge Butler is a member of the Arizona State Bar and Indiana State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at San Francisco
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.