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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Charles Ouslander

Immigration Judge, New York - Varick. Appointed December 2021.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Ouslander80.2%
New York - DET court60.9%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
486
Asylum granted
92
Other relief granted
4
Denied
390
Against own court
+19.3 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
66%72%78%89%100%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 99% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Official biography

Charles M. Ouslander was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in December 2021. Judge Ouslander ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1984 from Hamilton College and a Juris Doctor in 1987 from Brooklyn Law School. From 2018 to 2021, he was a Senior Staff Attorney with Disability Rights New Jersey, in Trenton. From 2011 to 2018, he served as Designated Counsel for the Office of the Public Defender, Law Guardian, in Trenton. From 2011 to 2014, he served as the Municipal Court Judge, in Hopewell Township, New Jersey. From 2006 to 2010, he served as an Assistant Prosecutor, and then as the First Assistant Prosecutor, with the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office, in Flemington, New Jersey. From 2001 to 2006, he served as a Deputy Attorney General, New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Criminal Justice, in Trenton. From 1990 to 2001, he served as an Assistant Prosecutor with the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office, in Trenton. From 1987 to 1989, he served as an Assistant District Attorney with the Kings County District Attorney's Office, in Brooklyn. Judge Ouslander is a member of the Connecticut Bar, New Jersey State Bar, and New York State Bar.

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

In the record

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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.