Leila McNeill Mullican
Immigration Judge, Newark Immigration Court. Appointed March 2020 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 876
- Asylum granted
- 291
- Other relief granted
- 75
- Denied
- 510
- Against own court
- -12.1 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56% | 52% | 59% | 59% | 25% | 86% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 83% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Ecuador (13.6%), Peru (10.7%), Colombia (10.4%), Brazil (9.9%), El Salvador (9.1%).
Official biography
Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Leila A. Mullican as an immigration judge in March 2020. Judge Mullican ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2005 from John Brown University, a Masterof Public Administration in 2008 from Cornell University, and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from the University of Missouri Columbia School of Law. From 2016 to 2020, she served as a staff attorney at the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, in the District of Columbia. From 2014 to2016, she served as a law clerk to the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, assistant legal advisor at the Office of Military Commissions' Convening Authority, and appellate review action officer in the Office of the Judge Advocate General's Criminal Law Division, in the District of Columbia. From 2011 to 2014, she served as a legal assistance attorney and defense counsel at the Defense Service Office Southeast, in Norfolk, Virginia. In 2011, she be came ajudge advocate in the U.S. Navy. Judge Mullican is a member of the District of Columbia Barand Missouri State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Newark
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.