What is Judge Jerrica Harness's background?
EOIR's notice says that Jerrica Harness was appointed 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.
What does TRAC report about Judge Jerrica Harness'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 Jerrica Harness decided 120 asylum cases at Lumpkin Immigration Court and denied 80.0 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 Jerrica Harness 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 Stewart Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.