Immigration court

Jena, LA Immigration Court

14 judges · LA

4.0%Court Approval Rate
Jena, LA4.0%
National16.6%

EOIR data through Sep 1, 2026 · updated monthly

1,873
Granted
45,215
Denied
14
Judges

Distribution

How this court's judges compare

At Jena, LA, 8 judges range from 1.2% to 9.7%.

Each judge's all-time EOIR decided outcomes across every court they have served in: granted ÷ (granted + denied). Judges now based at this court with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.

Snapshot answer

The 2026-09-01 snapshot shows a 4.0% historical asylum grant rate for Jena, LA Immigration Court, based on 1,873 grants and 45,215 denials (47,088 decided outcomes).

The Jena, LA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 4.0% across 47,088 decided cases. The court has 14 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

How to Interpret This Court's Data

The Jena, LA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 4.0% in the current AsylumTracker dataset. Court-level statistics aggregate judges and cases assigned to that court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.

High-volume judge profiles at this court include Reese, Agnelis L. (29,858 total cases), Clemente, Jesus (5,353 total cases), and Robbins, Kandra K. (4,167 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (4,735 decided, 2.3% grant rate), Guatemala (3,002 decided, 1.6% grant rate), and Honduras (2,612 decided, 2.5% grant rate).

Asylum grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Procedural outcomes are separated so users can distinguish merits decisions from docket-management outcomes.

This page uses public EOIR records last updated 2026-09-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.

Read how EOIR data works or learn how to compare asylum approval rates.

Areas Served by This Court

Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Jena, LA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 249 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:

LA — Sulphur, Abbeville, Abita Springs, Addis, Albany, Amelia, Amite, Anacoco, Arcadia, Baker, Baldwin, Ball, Barksdale Afb, Batchelor, Bell City and 145 more cities

MS — Moss Point, Pascagoula, Vicksburg, Bay Saint Louis, Bay Springs, Beaumont, Bogue Chitto, Bolton, Braxton, Brookhaven, Brooklyn, Buckatunna, Byram, Carriere, Carthage and 70 more cities

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Judges at This Court

JudgeApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
Reese, Agnelis L. 1.2% 323 26,873 27,196
Clemente, Jesus 9.7% 331 3,074 3,405
Robbins, Kandra K. 5.5% 158 2,736 2,894
Hasbrouck, Tanya 6.3% 41 605 646
Crooks, Grady A 3.6% 16 428 444
Patterson, Courtenay 2.2% 3 133 136
Downend, Larry W. 2.8% 4 141 145
Ratliff, Robert A. 4.4% 9 194 203
LaBrosse, Melynda L. 7.7% 5 60 65
Kasam, Nadeem 10.5% 10 85 95
Watson, Lauren 0.0% 0 27 27
Brown, Denise G. 30.4% 7 16 23
Richards, William 0.0% 0 23 23
Meinecke, Terry 0.0% 0 16 16

Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Lasalle Detail Judge 4, Lasalle Detail Judge 1, Lasalle Detail Judge 5, Lasalle Detail Judge 2, Lasalle Detail Judge 3. They are excluded from the rate table above.

Approval Rate by Nationality

NationalityApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
Mexico 2.3% 107 4,628 4,735
Guatemala 1.6% 48 2,954 3,002
Honduras 2.5% 65 2,547 2,612
Venezuela 8.2% 75 841 916
Cuba 18.3% 158 704 862
Nicaragua 6.6% 43 612 655
El Salvador 7.5% 40 493 533
China 11.0% 52 420 472
India 2.4% 11 450 461
Colombia 3.5% 15 418 433
Cameroon 45.4% 182 219 401
Ecuador 2.0% 7 345 352
Russia 48.5% 165 175 340
Turkey 10.6% 21 178 199
Uzbekistan 9.0% 18 181 199
Nepal 3.6% 6 161 167
Georgia 33.3% 55 110 165
Dominican Republic 6.9% 11 149 160
Brazil 1.3% 2 147 149
Bangladesh 9.7% 14 130 144
Haiti 4.9% 7 136 143
Jamaica 11.4% 16 124 140
Afghanistan 46.7% 63 72 135
Peru 5.4% 6 106 112
Ethiopia 31.5% 35 76 111
Vietnam 14.3% 15 90 105
Egypt 15.6% 15 81 96
Iran 42.6% 40 54 94
Mauritania 7.7% 6 72 78
Armenia 14.7% 11 64 75
Somalia 23.6% 17 55 72
Eritrea 43.3% 29 38 67
Pakistan 13.4% 9 58 67
Jordan 6.6% 4 57 61
Tajikistan (Tadzhik) 24.6% 15 46 61
Sri Lanka 18.2% 10 45 55
Romania 0.0% 0 53 53
Ghana 23.4% 11 36 47
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) 14.6% 6 35 41
Nigeria 15.0% 6 34 40
Senegal 5.0% 2 38 40
Morocco 0.0% 0 35 35
Sudan 46.9% 15 17 32
Guinea 25.0% 6 18 24
Bahamas 0.0% 0 24 24
Kazakhstan 0.0% 0 22 22
Bolivia 9.5% 2 19 21
Belize 5.9% 1 16 17
Costa Rica 0.0% 0 17 17
Yemen 18.8% 3 13 16
Togo 6.2% 1 15 16
Gambia 20.0% 3 12 15
Angola 14.3% 2 12 14
Unknown Nationality 0.0% 0 11 11
Burkina Faso 0.0% 0 10 10
The Republic Of The Marshall Islands 0.0% 0 9 9
Democratic Republic Of Congo 55.6% 5 4 9
Equatorial Guinea 11.1% 1 8 9
Syria 0.0% 0 9 9
Indonesia 0.0% 0 8 8
Mali 0.0% 0 8 8
Azerbaijan 14.3% 1 6 7
Congo 0.0% 0 7 7
Ukraine 28.6% 2 5 7
Laos 16.7% 1 5 6
Guadeloupe 0.0% 0 5 5
Kenya 0.0% 0 5 5
Kosovo 0.0% 0 5 5
Panama 20.0% 1 4 5
United Kingdom 0.0% 0 5 5
Uganda 50.0% 2 2 4
Albania 25.0% 1 3 4
Moldavia (Moldova) 50.0% 2 2 4
South Africa 0.0% 0 4 4
Sierra Leone 50.0% 2 2 4
Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country 50.0% 2 2 4
Spain 0.0% 0 3 3
Trinidad And Tobago 0.0% 0 2 2
Argentina 0.0% 0 2 2
Chile 0.0% 0 1 1

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