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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Brock E. Taylor

Immigration Judge, Otero Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Taylor40.4%
Chaparral court70.2%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
671
Asylum granted
362
Other relief granted
38
Denied
271
Against own court
-29.8 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
44%24%16%66%71%86%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 43% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Turkiye (33.4%), Nicaragua (11.5%), Colombia (7.5%), Venezuela (6.6%), Mexico (4.8%).

Official biography

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Brock E. Taylor to begin hearing cases in October 2018. Judge Taylor ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2001 from Brigham Young University, a Masterof Public Policy degree in 2005 from Duke University, and a Juris Doctor in 2005 from Harvard Law School. From 2012 to 2018, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico. From 2010 to 2012, he was an attorney-advisor for the National Security Division, DOJ. From 2009 to 2010, he was a law clerk for the Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr., Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in London,Kentucky. From 2008 to 2009, he was a law clerk for the Honorable Robert C. Brack, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. From 2005 to 2008, he was an analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency. Judge Taylor is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

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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.