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Joshua D. Luskin

Immigration Judge, Charlotte Immigration Court. Appointed October 2019 by William P. Barr.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Luskin61.2%
Charlotte court86.7%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
121
Asylum granted
30
Other relief granted
17
Denied
74
Against own court
-25.5 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24FY25
64%52%

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: Honduras (28.1%), Brazil (13.2%), Guatemala (12.4%), El Salvador (9.1%), Nicaragua (8.3%).

Official biography

Attorney General William Barr appointed Joshua D. Luskin to begin hearing cases in October 2019. Judge Luskin ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1994 from Macalester College and a Juris Doctor in 1997 from the University of Michigan. From 2015 to 2019, he served as commissionerat the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. From 2011 to 2015, he served as arbitratorat the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. From 2003 to 2011, he was in private practice at the litigation firm of Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie & Lowry. From 2000 to 2003, heserved as a judge advocate for the U.S. Navy. In 1999, he served as of counsel to the State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor's Office, in Illinois. In 1998, he served as an assistant state'sattorney, in Champaign County, Illinois. Judge Luskin is a member of the Illinois 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 Charlotte

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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.