Charles M. McCullough
Immigration Judge, San Antonio Immigration Court. Appointed August 2017 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 557
- Asylum granted
- 186
- Other relief granted
- 137
- Denied
- 234
- Against own court
- +0.8 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22% | 30% | 43% | 31% | 34% | 66% |
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.
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