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Nina M. Carbone

Immigration Judge, Denver Immigration Court. Appointed April 2017 by Jeff Sessions.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Carbone61.8%
Denver court58.1%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
565
Asylum granted
172
Other relief granted
44
Denied
349
Against own court
+3.7 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25FY26
47%56%67%75%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 67% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Colombia (26.2%), Mexico (14.5%), Venezuela (12.9%), Peru (7.1%), Somalia (6.2%).

Official biography

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Nina M. Carbone to begin hearing cases in April 2017. Judge Carbone ear ned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2005 from the University of Kansas and a Juris Doctor in 2008 from the John Marshall Law School. From 2015 to 2017, she served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Denver, Colo. From 2012 to 2015, she was an associate general counsel at the Employee Labor Relations Unit, Office of the General Counsel, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Department of Justice (DOJ). From 2010 to 2012, she served as an attorney advisor in the Office of the Chief Immigration Judge, EOIR, DOJ. From 2008 to 2010, she served as a judicial law clerk at the Miami Immigration Court, EOIR, DOJ, entering on duty through the Attorney General's Honors Program. Judge Carbone is a member of the Illinois 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.