Appointed September 2016 · President Barack Obama→ Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch
9 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Nancy J Paul earned a Bachelor of Science in 1985 from the University of Nebraska and a Juris Doctor in 1988 from Creighton University School of Law. Before her appointment, she served as a military judge for the U.S. Air Force at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, and Travis Air Force Base, California (2003-2010), including as a military commission judge at Guantanamo Bay (2008-2010), as chief of Operations and International Law at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (2000-2003), and in various staff judge advocate roles during the 1990s.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
1
Completions per year
1 total
0%
Detained at decision
share of cases
49.9 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
0%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
0%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
100%⚠
1 decision Too few cases
This judge has no asylum decisions on the merits in this period (since 2021).
Representation comparison unavailable.
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).