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Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Joseph Weiner earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor in 2004 from the Santa Clara University School of Law. From 2012 to 2022, he was a staff attorney and then senior staff attorney with the Immigrants' Rights Project at Public Counsel in Los Angeles. From 2010 to 2012, he was an immigration staff attorney at the HIV and AIDS Legal Services Alliance in Los Angeles, and from 2005 to 2009 he was an associate attorney at the Law Offices of Richard D. Fraade in Beverly Hills, California. He is a member of the State Bar of California.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
940
Completions per year
5,639 total
2.4%
Detained at decision
share of cases
16.4 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
30.3%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
5.1%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 19 appeals — too few
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
32.7%
611 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
4%
644 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
78.8%⚠
33 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
66.7%⚠
3 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
92.3%⚠
13 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
95.7%
93 decisions Moderate
32.7%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 611 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
32.7%
This court
32.2%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 40% 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 · 601 decisions since 2021
33.3%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 10 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.
* 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).