Patrick Burke

Immigration Judge, Cleveland Immigration Court. Appointed November 2023.

StrictDenies far more often than the national average+23.4 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Burke86.3%

Cleveland court79.2%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 379
Asylum granted: 24
Other relief granted: 28
Denied: 327
Against own court: +7.1 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24	FY25	FY26
65%	86%	91%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 82% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Colombia (11.1%), Mauritania (10%), Venezuela (8.4%), Mexico (7.1%), Nicaragua (6.6%).

Official biography

Patrick P. Burke was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Burke ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2004 from the Ohio State University and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. From 2017 to 2023, he served as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio on the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force in Cleveland. From 2012 to 2017, he served as a supervisory assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas as chief of the Del Rio Division. He most recently served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Army Reserve with the 139th Legal Operations Detachment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Judge Burke is a member of the Ohio State Bar.

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

In the record

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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.