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Sarah Beth. Yeomans

Immigration Judge, Sterling Immigration Court. Appointed February 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Yeomans68.0%
Sterling court71.6%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
826
Asylum granted
257
Other relief granted
7
Denied
562
Against own court
-3.6 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25FY26
5%34%67%89%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 87% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: El Salvador (22.8%), Honduras (18.8%), Guatemala (14.8%), Colombia (7.4%), Peru (7.3%).

Official biography

Sarah B. Yeomans was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in February 2023. Judge Yeomans ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from American University and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from Georgetown University Law Center. From 2014 to 2022, she practiced immigration law at Immigration Counsel PLLC in Washington, D.C. From 2012 to 2014, she was an associate attorney in the immigration practice at the Law Office of Manuel Rivera, Esq. & Associates PC in Arlington, Virginia. From 2009 to 2012, she was a contract attorney in private practice in general commercial litigation in Washington, D.C. From 2007 to 2008, she was an associate attorney at Sharretts Paley Carter & Blauvelt PC in New York. Judge Yeomans is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the New York 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.

Other judges at Sterling

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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.