Jason L. Stern

Houston (HGP) · Houston, TX

Jason L. Stern is listed with Houston (HGP). The database records 707 asylum outcomes: 39 approved, 668 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case.

Decision approval rate5.5%Approved ÷（Approved + Denied）

Approved share of all outcomes5.5%Approved ÷ all outcomes

Asylum decisions70739 / 668 / 0

Approved / denied39 / 668 / 0Database records only

Yearly changes

Yearly asylum decision trend

Applicant origin

Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality

Each row shows fiscal year, nationality, valid decisions, and approval rate.

Official appointment record

Judge background and appointment

Appointment dateNovember 2023

Appointed courtHouston - Greenspoint Park

Appointment typeImmigration Judge

Official biography

Jason Lawrence Stern was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Stern earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2008 from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor in 2014 from Seton Hall University School of Law. From 2022 to 2023, he served as a deputy chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Houston. From 2018 to 2022, he served as an assistant chief counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in San Antonio (Pearsall). From 2015 to 2018, he served as a presidential management fellow and asylum officer in Asylum Headquarters, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS in Washington, D.C. From 2014 to 2015, Judge Stern clerked for the Honorable Sohail Mohammed, Judge of

Education: Judge Stern earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2008 from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor in 2014 from Seton Hall University School of Law.

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How to read approval rates

Decision approval rateis approved ÷ (approved + denied). Blue “Other” is shown separately and includes identifiable withholding/CAT protection, cancellation or adjustment, voluntary departure, withdrawal, termination, dismissal, and administrative closure; it is excluded from the rate denominator.Approved share of all outcomesuses approved, denied, and other outcomes in the denominator.

With small samples, a few cases can move the percentage sharply. The page flags samples below 50 and below 200 decisions.

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