# John C. Barnes Assistant Chief Immigration Judge · [Annandale Immigration Court](/kyj/court/va/annandale-immigration-court) Last updated October 25, 2026 ## John C. Barnes at a glance Current role Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Court [Annandale Immigration Court](/kyj/court/va/annandale-immigration-court) Current assignment 2 EOIR court assignments Jurisdiction Virginia · Federal Judicial service Active Historical EOIR data ## Outcomes at a glance Total outcomes 3,693 Relief granted 213 5.8% Denied / removal ordered 2,071 56.1% Other / procedural 1,409 38.2% National comparison for this selection: 9,249,024 outcomes; 10.0% relief granted; 52.0% denied / removal ordered; 38.0% other / procedural. Methodology and sources These are proceeding outcomes, not asylum application statistics. Completion years use EOIR COMP_DATE; 2026 contains partial-year data. Relief granted, denied / removal ordered and other / procedural exhaust the recorded outcomes. Groups of one are included. Historical outcomes do not establish a current assignment. Counts describe recorded cases and do not predict an individual's result. [Official EOIR case data](https://fileshare.eoir.justice.gov/EOIR%20Case%20Data.zip) · Source date: Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:14:27 GMT Asylum decisions and other statistics ## Analytics Published EOIR records include 915 asylum outcomes associated with this judge. Asylum was granted in 172 (18.8%) and denied in 736 (80.4%); 7 were other or procedural outcomes. [Explore analytics](#analytics) ## Biography ### Professional career - John Cody Barnes is a U.S. immigration judge appointed in June 2020 by Attorney General William P. Barr to serve on the Annandale Immigration Court in Virginia - Professional background: 2018–2020: Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi, TX 2017–2018: Editor, The Army Lawyer, Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, VA 2015–2017: Training officer, Defense Counsel Assistance Program, U.S. Army, Fort Belvoir, VA 2013–2015: Defense counsel, U.S. Army, Fort Sam Houston, TX, and Fort Sill, OK 2010–2013: Labor counsel (1 year) then trial counsel/special assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Army, Fort Sill, OK ### Education - B.S. in 2002, Texas A&M University J.D. in 2009, Ave Maria School of Law ### Additional information - State Bar of Texas - Multiple immigration courts, including Annandale, VA and Arlington, VA, with separate published records for each ## Sources Identity source checked August 19, 2026 . Biography sources checked October 11, 2026 . ### DOJ EOIR current immigration judge directory Identity source · HTML · Source checked August 19, 2026 ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 2.1 - Delivery and Receipt Courtwide source · HTML · Source checked July 30, 2026 ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 2.3 - Documents ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.10 - Interpreters ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.11 - Courtroom Decorum ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.12 - Electronic Devices ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.15 - Individual Calendar Hearing ### Find an Immigration Court and Access Internet-Based Hearings ### Current EOIR official staff directory Current EOIR Official Staff Directory source · HTML · Source checked October 7, 2026 [Public Records & Data Use](/public-records-data-use) · [Corrections policy](/corrections) ## Published courtroom rules ### Shared court rules - [EOIR Practice Manual 2.1 — Delivery and Receipt](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-c9195b4f0bba01a19aa8df41) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-2-1). Collected 2026-10-27. - [EOIR Practice Manual 3.11 — Courtroom Decorum](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8d8e8e8bf80478864645291a) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-3-11). Collected 2026-10-27. - [EOIR Practice Manual 2.3 — Documents](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-53ee093be24c18a5d1a93046) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-2-3). Collected 2026-10-27.