Appointed August 2022 · President Joe Biden→ Attorney General Merrick Garland(AG inferred from date)
4 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Christina Jimenez earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1997 from the University of Washington and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from Boston University. From 2002 to 2022 she served as an attorney and military trial judge in the U.S. Air Force at installations in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Portugal, and the United States, retiring as a colonel after serving as Chief Circuit Military Judge for the Western Circuit. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
625
Completions per year
3,127 total
0.2%
Detained at decision
share of cases
21 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
20.9%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
7%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 15 appeals — too few
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
36.9%
423 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
4%
427 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
8.3%⚠
12 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
75%⚠
4 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
100%⚠
13 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
98.4%
62 decisions Moderate
36.9%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 423 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
36.9%
This court
32.6%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 33% of the 825 judges nationally with enough cases to compare.
Does a lawyer matter here?
Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyerrepresented · 387 decisions since 2021
38.2%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 36 decisions since 2021
22.2%
Asylum grant rate over time
Each point is that calendar year's grant rate, back to 2015 where the judge was deciding cases — the longer career view. Dashed grey line = current national average (31.8%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
Courts where this judge has decided cases
Hearing locations for cases this judge completed since 2021, by number of decisions.
Many judges hear cases from more than one court (detained facilities, video dockets, or reassignments).