Brock E. Taylor
Immigration Judge, Otero Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 671
- Asylum granted
- 362
- Other relief granted
- 38
- Denied
- 271
- Against own court
- -29.8 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44% | 24% | 16% | 66% | 71% | 86% |
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.
In the record
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