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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Bruce A. Taylor

Immigration Judge, Florence Immigration Court. Appointed April 2006.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Taylor80.5%
Florence court77.1%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
174
Asylum granted
15
Other relief granted
19
Denied
140
Against own court
+3.4 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY23FY24FY25FY26
50%80%79%93%91%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 39% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Mexico (47.1%), Guatemala (7.5%), Cuba (6.9%), Honduras (6.3%), Venezuela (5.2%).

Official biography

Judge Taylor was appointed as an Immigration Judge in April 2006. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972 from the University of Vermont, and a Juris Doctorate in 1974 from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. From January 2004 to April 2006, Judge Taylor served as senior counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice (DOJ), in Washington, D.C. He served as president and chief counsel for the National Law Center for Children and Families, Inc., in Fairfax, Virginia, from January 1995 to January 2004. From July 1989 to December 1994, Judge Taylor served as a senior trial attorney in the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Criminal Division, DOJ, Washington, D.C. He was an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, from January to July 1989. Judge Taylor was vice president and general counsel for Citizens for Decency through Law, Inc., in Cleveland, Ohio, and Phoenix, Arizona, from 1979 to 1989. He was an attorney and associate in the law firm of Bertsch, Fludine, Millican & O'Malley, in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1978 to 1979. Judge Taylor was an assistant director of law from 1977 to 1978, and an assistant prosecutor from 1975 to 1977, both with the City of Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a member of the Ohio, Arizona, New York, and Virginia Bars.

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.