Brian Sardelli
Immigration Judge, Fort Snelling Immigration Court. Appointed October 2019 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 1,150
- Asylum granted
- 112
- Other relief granted
- 39
- Denied
- 999
- Against own court
- +6.9 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77% | 73% | 73% | 57% | 88% | 97% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 69% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Ecuador (32.6%), Guatemala (13.3%), Honduras (9.4%), Mexico (8.6%), El Salvador (7.5%).
Official biography
Attorney General William Barr appointed Brian Sardelli to begin hearing cases in October 2019.Judge Sardelli ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1997 from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, anda Juris Doctor in 2000 from Mitchell Hamline School of Law. From 2017 to 2019, he worked in private practice. From 2012 to 2017, he served as a trial attorney in the Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section, Department of Justice, in the District of Columbia. From 2006 to 2012, he serve das an AUSA in the Southern District of Texas and the District of Arizona. From 2001 to 2005, heserved as an army officer and judge advocate with the First Infantry Division serving in Virginia,Germany, Kosovo, and Iraq. Judge Sardelli is a member of the Minnesota State Bar.
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