Joseph Weiner

Immigration Judge, Los Angeles - West Los Angeles Immigration Court. Appointed October 2022.

LenientGrants far more often than the national average-29.6 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Weiner33.3%

Los Angeles - WLA court61.2%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 108
Asylum granted: 50
Other relief granted: 22
Denied: 36
Against own court: -27.9 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23	FY24
34%	33%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 93% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: China (33.3%), Mexico (11.1%), El Salvador (10.2%), Guatemala (6.5%), Burma (4.6%).

Official biography

Joseph A. Weiner was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in October 2022. Judge Weiner ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor in 2004 from the Santa Clara University School of Law. From 2012 to 2022, he was a staff attorney and then a senior staff attorney with the Immigrants' Rights Project at Public Counsel in Los Angeles. From 2010 to 2012, he was an immigration staff attorney at the HIV and AIDS Legal Services Alliance in Los Angeles. From 2009 to 2010, he was in private practice in Los Angeles. From 2005 to 2009, he was an associate attorney at the Law Offices of Richard D. Fraade in Beverly Hills, California. Judge Weiner is a member of the State Bar of California.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

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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.