What is Judge Jason Pope's background?
EOIR's notice says that Jason Pope was appointed in May 2019. Judge Pope earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from Niagara University and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from Syracuse University College of Law. From 2014 to 2019, he served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Baltimore, Maryland. From 2007 to 2012, he was an associate attorney specializing in immigration law at the law firm of Berlin & Associates, P.A. in Baltimore, Maryland, and later founded the Law Office of Jason Pope in Frederick, Maryland.
What does TRAC report about Judge Jason Pope's asylum decisions?
TRAC, a research center that began at Syracuse University, reports that for FY 2021 - 2026 (data covers the first 9 months of fiscal year 2026), Judge Jason Pope decided 990 asylum cases at Sterling Immigration Court and denied 77.6 percent, based on its report of Aug 27, 2026. These are past figures for one court. They do not predict your case, which turns on your facts, evidence, nationality and representation, and TRAC cautions against simple comparisons between judges at different courts. Read the full report at TRAC, and talk to a lawyer about your own case.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Jason Pope in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Immigration Judge. The record is not an appointment history or an employment certification.
Dated court associations
EOIR’s court-specific tables associate this entry with Sterling Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.