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Jerrica A. Harness
Lumpkin (SDC) · Lumpkin
Jerrica A. Harness is listed with Lumpkin (SDC). The database records 150 asylum outcomes: 10 approved, 140 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case.
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
Official biography
Jerrica A. Harness was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in May 2024. Judge Harness earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from Berry College and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from the University of Tennessee College of Law. From 2019 to 2024, she served as a supervisory administrative law judge for the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 2019, she served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Lumpkin, Georgia. From 2017 to 2019, she served as an attorney advisor with the Office of Hearings Operations, Social Security Administration in Falls Church, Virginia, and Knoxville, Tennessee. From 2012 to 2017, she served as an administrative hearing officer for the Tennessee Department of Human Services in Chattanooga, Tennessee. From 2011 to 2012, she served as a senior attorney for Children's Legal Services, Department of Children and Families, State of Florida. From 2007 to 2012, she served as an assistant state attorney for the State Attorney's Office of the First Judicial Circuit, State of Florida. Judge Harness is a member of the Tennessee Bar.
Education: Judge Harness earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from Berry College and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from the University of Tennessee College of Law.
Bar admission: Judge Harness is a member of the Tennessee Bar.
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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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