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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Colin P. Eichenberger

Immigration Judge, Concord Immigration Court. Appointed May 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Eichenberger64.4%
Concord court51.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
438
Asylum granted
136
Other relief granted
20
Denied
282
Against own court
+13.0 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24FY25FY26
54%65%77%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 93% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Mexico (34.2%), India (33.6%), El Salvador (6.6%), Nicaragua (6.2%), Russia (3.2%).

Official biography

Colin P. Eichenberger was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in May 2023. Judge Eichenberger ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from the University of California, Davis, a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the University of San Francisco, and a Master of Laws in 2014 from George Washington University. From 2007 to 2023, he served as an attorney and a trial judge with the U.S. Air Force in the following locations: Misawa Air Base, Japan; Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas; Joint Base Andrews, Maryland; Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; and Travis Air Force Base, California. In 2023, he retired as a lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Air Force, having last served as a military judge in the Western Circuit. Judge Eichenberger is a member of the State Bar of California.

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

In the record

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Other judges at Concord

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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.