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Jacob D. Bashore

Immigration Judge, Dallas Immigration Court. Appointed May 2019 by William P. Barr.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Bashore84.6%
Dallas court70.1%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
195
Asylum granted
30
Other relief granted
0
Denied
165
Against own court
+14.5 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY25
82%

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: Venezuela (25.1%), Honduras (14.4%), El Salvador (12.3%), Guatemala (10.3%), Mexico (7.7%).

Official biography

Attorney General William Barr appointed Jacob D. Bashore to begin hearing cases in May 2019. Judge Bashore earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from Wright State University, a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the University of Tennessee College of Law, and a Master of Laws degree in 2011 from The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School. From 2006 to 2019, heserved as an attorney and circuit judge with the U.S. Army in the following locations: Grafenwoehr and Vilseck, Germany; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fort Campbell, Kentucky,and Fort Hood, Texas. Judge Bashore is a member of the Tennessee State Bar.

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

In the record

  • Executive Office for Immigration Review · 2019-05-13

    EOIR Notice: New Immigration Judges

    EOIR's notice records that Attorney General William Barr appointed Jacob D. Bashore to begin hearing cases in May 2019 at the Fort Worth Immigration Adjudication Center, listing degrees from Wright State, Tennessee and the Judge Advocate General's School.

Other judges at Dallas

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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.