Immigration judge
Jose Luis Jr Penalosa
Community discussion · 0Public EOIR asylum decision statistics
- Status
- active
- Data source
- TRAC Immigration Judge Reports
Grant rate
10.3%
17 / 165
Total decisions
165
Merits decision sample in current public statistics
Grant rate
10.3%
Grants: 17
Denial rate
83.0%
Denials: 137
Other relief rate
6.7%
Other relief: 11
Judge profile
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed José Luis Peñalosa Jr. to begin hearing cases in April 2017. Judge Peñalosa earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986 from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor in 1989 from the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. From May 1993 to April 2017, he was a solo practitioner at Peñalosa & Associates P.C. From May 1991 to May 1993, he was an attorney with Friendly House Inc. in Phoenix. Judge Peñalosa is a member of the State Bar of Arizona and the Colorado Bar.
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Source: TRAC Judge Report · View original report
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