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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Michael C. Horn

Immigration Judge, Miami Immigration Court. Appointed November 1983.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Horn54.5%
Miami court71.5%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
110
Asylum granted
30
Other relief granted
20
Denied
60
Against own court
-17.0 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22
61%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 87% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (30.9%), Guatemala (23.6%), Colombia (8.2%), Nicaragua (6.4%), Venezuela (6.4%).

Official biography

Judge Horn was appointed as an Immigration Judge in November 1983. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Louis University in 1968, and a Juris Doctorate from Loyola University Law School in 1971. Prior to his appointment as an Immigration Judge, he worked as an administrative law judge for the Administrative Hearing Commission, State of Missouri, in Jefferson City, Missouri, from 1977 to 1983. From 1974 to 1977, he served as chairman for the Missouri State Board of Mediation in Jefferson City. From 1971 to 1974, Judge Horn served as an assistant public defender in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a member of the Missouri 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 Miami

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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.