Appointed March 1995 · 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 Jan D. Latimore earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1979 and a Juris Doctor from New York University in 1984. She was in private practice in San Francisco (1990-1995), served as a legal counselor with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Hong Kong (1989-1990), and worked as a trial attorney with the Department of Justice in Los Angeles (1987-1989). Earlier she practiced with Catholic Charities in Washington, D.C., and served as a consultant with the World Vision Relief Organization in Khartoum, Sudan (1985-1986). She is a member of the California and Pennsylvania Bars.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
709
Completions per year
3,544 total
0.5%
Detained at decision
share of cases
32.4 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
13%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
1.7%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 16 appeals — too few
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
44.5%
155 decisions Moderate
Withholding / CAT
8.1%
111 decisions Moderate
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
83.9%
93 decisions Moderate
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
88.9%⚠
9 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
82.6%⚠
23 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
94.7%⚠
19 decisions Too few cases
44.5%
of asylum claims granted on the merits Moderate
Based on 155 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
44.5%
This court
32.6%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 25% 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 · 149 decisions since 2021
46.3%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 6 decisions since 2021
0%
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).