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Immigration judges

Jeremy J. Butler

Immigration Judge, San Francisco Immigration Court. Appointed June 2020 by William P. Barr.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Butler17.9%
San Francisco court28.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
778
Asylum granted
629
Other relief granted
10
Denied
139
Against own court
-10.5 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24
30%9%22%8%

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

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.

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.

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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.