Daniel Smulow
Immigration Judge, Baltimore Immigration Court. Appointed August 2023.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 301
- Asylum granted
- 135
- Other relief granted
- 39
- Denied
- 127
- Against own court
- -13.5 pts
| FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|
| 21% | 64% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 87% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: El Salvador (27.6%), Honduras (18.3%), Guatemala (13.6%), Cameroon (5.3%), Venezuela (4.7%).
Official biography
Daniel I. Smulow was appointed as an immigration judge in August 2023. Judge Smulow ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1995 from Tufts University and a Juris Doctor in 1998 from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. From 2008 to 2023, he served as trial attorney and senior counsel for national security, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice. From 2006 to 2008, he served as an associate legal advisor, National Security Law Division, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security. From 2004 to 2006, he served as an assistant attorney general in the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office. From 1998 to 2004, he served as an assistant district attorney in Essex County, Massachusetts. During this time, from 2001 to 2004, he was a lecturer with Boston University School of Law. Judge Smulow is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Baltimore
Court page →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.