Appointed October 1994 · President Bill Clinton→ Attorney General Janet Reno(AG inferred from date)
31 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Jack H. Weil earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1985 and a Juris Doctor in 1988, both from the University of Maryland. From 1988 to 1990, he served as a judicial law clerk with the Immigration Court in San Diego, and from 1990 to 1994 he was associate counsel to the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review in Falls Church, Virginia. Earlier, he interned with the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Baltimore and with the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration. He is a member of the Maryland Bar.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
1,161
Completions per year
6,967 total
6.2%
Detained at decision
share of cases
22 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
6%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
2.4%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
10.7%
Appeals remanded or reversed
75 appeals decided
Bond decisions
Custody redetermination (bond) rulings since 2021.
"Granted" means the judge lowered the bond, ordered release on recognizance, or otherwise granted the request.
16.4%
Bond requests granted
219 bond decisions High confidence
$6,000
Median bond when set
34 bonds with amounts
0%
Released on own recognizance
This judge 16.4%
Court average 14.9% · median $7,500
National 41.9% · median $6,500
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
58.5%
620 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
24.6%
533 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
27.8%⚠
18 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
18.2%⚠
11 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
54.5%⚠
22 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
60.3%
68 decisions Moderate
58.5%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 620 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
58.5%
This court
32.6%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 13% 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 · 582 decisions since 2021
61.9%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 38 decisions since 2021
7.9%
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.
* 2026 is a partial year (data through 06/01/2026) and is incomplete.
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).