Brendan C. Curran
Immigration Judge, Chicago Immigration Court. Appointed October 2020 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 642
- Asylum granted
- 171
- Other relief granted
- 81
- Denied
- 390
- Against own court
- +11.7 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58% | 46% | 47% | 49% | 51% | 77% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 77% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Venezuela (11.2%), Mexico (10.7%), Russia (7.2%), Guatemala (7%), Colombia (6.9%).
Official biography
Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Brendan Curran as an Immigration Judge in October 2020. Judge Curran ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1990 from Marquette University and a Juris Doctor in 1994 from DePaul University College of Law. From 2007 to 2020, he served asan assistant chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor,Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Chicago. From1999 to 2007, he served as an assistant state attorney for the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, in Chicago. From 1994 to 1999, he served as an officer in the Judge Advocate General's(JAG) Corps of the U.S. Navy. He was stationed at Naval Training Center Great Lakes, in Illinois, and at sea aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). He remains a JAG in the reserve component of the U.S. Navy, having mobilized and deployed overseas in support of Operation Noble Eagle in 2013. Judge Curran is a member of the Illinois State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Chicago
Court page →About these figures. Denial rates describe outcomes in the cases a judge happened to hear, which differ by detention, nationality and representation. They are not a measure of fairness or competence. Method and sources are on the judges index.