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Charles M. McCullough

Immigration Judge, San Antonio Immigration Court. Appointed August 2017 by Jeff Sessions.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge McCullough42.0%
San Antonio court41.2%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
557
Asylum granted
186
Other relief granted
137
Denied
234
Against own court
+0.8 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
22%30%43%31%34%66%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 72% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (21.2%), Venezuela (11.7%), Mexico (10.1%), Nicaragua (8.8%), Colombia (8.1%).

Official biography

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Charles M. McCullough to begin hearing cases in August 2017. Judge McCullough ear ned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982 from the College of the Holy Cross and a Juris Doctor in 1985 from the Gonzaga University School of Law. From 1991 to 2017 he worked for the Washington State Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals, in Olympia, Wash., serving as a hearings industrial appeal judge, 1991 to 1992; a mediation and review judge, 1992 to 1998; a review assistant chief industrial appeals judge, 1998 to 2002; and a senior assistant chief industrial appeals judge, 2002 to 2017. From 1988 to 1991, he served as an assistant attorney general for the Washington State Attorney General's Office, in Tacoma, Wash. Judge McCullough is a member of the Washington State 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.