Immigration judge

Pope, Jason L.

Sterling Immigration Court

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Captured September 18, 2026 — about 0 months ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

Lifetime grant rate

18.2%

1,338 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

5.8%

591 decisions · 12 months ending July 2026

19.4%

Court lifetime average

Grant-rate trend

Each point is the grant rate across the 12 months ending in that month — a rolling window, not a single month on its own. A point appears only where those 12 months hold at least 25 decisions. A rolling window covers a much shorter span than the lifetime figure above, so the two can differ materially; both are correct measures of different periods.

0%25%50%75%100%Aug 2023Mar 2024Oct 2024May 2025Dec 2025Jul 2026Month each 12-month window ends5.8%37.7% — 12 months ending Aug 2023 (159 decisions)37.9% — 12 months ending Sep 2023 (169 decisions)37.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2023 (175 decisions)37.9% — 12 months ending Nov 2023 (182 decisions)36.5% — 12 months ending Dec 2023 (192 decisions)36.8% — 12 months ending Jan 2024 (185 decisions)34.8% — 12 months ending Feb 2024 (198 decisions)38.3% — 12 months ending Mar 2024 (209 decisions)35.5% — 12 months ending Apr 2024 (231 decisions)35.3% — 12 months ending May 2024 (235 decisions)33.0% — 12 months ending Jun 2024 (224 decisions)32.4% — 12 months ending Jul 2024 (213 decisions)32.1% — 12 months ending Aug 2024 (218 decisions)29.9% — 12 months ending Sep 2024 (244 decisions)28.1% — 12 months ending Oct 2024 (263 decisions)28.4% — 12 months ending Nov 2024 (261 decisions)28.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2024 (257 decisions)27.8% — 12 months ending Jan 2025 (277 decisions)26.4% — 12 months ending Feb 2025 (288 decisions)21.6% — 12 months ending Mar 2025 (306 decisions)21.6% — 12 months ending Apr 2025 (306 decisions)21.6% — 12 months ending May 2025 (320 decisions)22.3% — 12 months ending Jun 2025 (349 decisions)21.9% — 12 months ending Jul 2025 (388 decisions)20.4% — 12 months ending Aug 2025 (402 decisions)19.5% — 12 months ending Sep 2025 (410 decisions)19.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2025 (441 decisions)18.6% — 12 months ending Nov 2025 (478 decisions)17.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2025 (523 decisions)14.2% — 12 months ending Jan 2026 (544 decisions)11.6% — 12 months ending Feb 2026 (576 decisions)11.1% — 12 months ending Mar 2026 (574 decisions)10.3% — 12 months ending Apr 2026 (582 decisions)8.9% — 12 months ending May 2026 (586 decisions)7.2% — 12 months ending Jun 2026 (599 decisions)5.8% — 12 months ending Jul 2026 (591 decisions)

5 months are not plotted: the 12 months ending there held fewer than 25 decisions.

Same judge name at other courts

This record covers one court only. The same judge name also appears at the courts below, with separate statistics.

Monthly decisions

Showing the most recent 24 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
July 2026502.0%
June 2026521.9%
May 2026422.4%
April 2026506.0%
March 2026420.0%
February 2026671.5%
January 2026550.0%
December 2025565.4%
November 20254513.3%
October 20255617.9%
September 20254411.4%
August 2025329.4%
July 20255817.2%
June 20253925.6%
May 20253823.7%
April 20254216.7%
March 2025446.8%
February 20253531.4%
January 20253435.3%
December 202411Not reported
November 20248Not reported
October 20242512.0%
September 20243619.4%
August 202418Not reported

Source and method

These figures come from case data released by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) under the Freedom of Information Act, published by the Deportation Data Project. Imigrar did not produce or estimate them.

Captured on September 18, 2026, about 0 months ago, so it is out of date. The record covers decisions from October 1997 through July 2026; nothing filed or decided after July 2026 appears here.

Grant rates are historical aggregates. They describe decisions already made. They do not predict the outcome of any individual case, and no figure on this page should be read as a forecast of what will happen in yours.

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