John C. Barnes
Immigration Judge, Annandale Immigration Court. Appointed June 2020 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 490
- Asylum granted
- 151
- Other relief granted
- 15
- Denied
- 324
- Against own court
- +19.8 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 74% | 60% | 50% | 78% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 87% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: El Salvador (31%), Honduras (27.6%), Guatemala (7.8%), Ethiopia (5.1%), Nicaragua (5.1%).
Official biography
Attorney General William P. Barr appointed John Cody Barnes as an immigration judge in June 2020. Judge Barnes ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 2002 from Texas A&M University and a Juris Doctor in 2009 from Ave Maria School of Law. From 2018 to 2020, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, in Corpus Christi, Texas. From 2017 to 2018, he served as the editor of The Army Lawyer, Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, in Charlottesville, Virginia. From 2015 to 2017, he served as a training officer, Defense Counsel Assistance Program, U.S. Army, at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. From 2013 to 2015, he served as defense counsel, U.S. Army, in the following locations: Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. From 2010 to 2013, he served first as a labor counsel for a year, and then as a trial counsel/special assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Army, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Judge Barnes is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
In the record
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Other judges at Arlington
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.