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Jacob D. Bashore

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

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Bashore89.1%
Oakdale court81.9%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
220
Asylum granted
15
Other relief granted
9
Denied
196
Against own court
+7.2 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25FY26
78%91%97%92%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 44% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Colombia (13.6%), Ecuador (9.5%), Honduras (6.4%), Turkiye (6.4%), Afghanistan (4.5%).

Official biography

Attorney General William Barr appointed Jacob D. Bashore to begin hearing cases in May 2019. Judge Bashore ear ned 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 degreein 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 followinglocations: 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

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

Other judges at Oakdale

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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.