Immigration judge

Thomas Bartleson

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Public EOIR asylum decision statistics

Status
active
Data source
EOIR Case Data

Grant rate

59.7%

511 / 856

Total decisions

856

Merits decision sample in current public statistics

Grant rate

59.7%

Grants: 511

Denial rate

40.3%

Denials: 345

Other relief rate

0.0%

Other relief: 0

Judge profile

This profile is summarized from public sources for background context only. It is not an ImmJudge evaluation.

Attorney General William P. Barr appointed J. Thomas Bartleson as an immigration judge in June 2020. Judge Bartleson earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1994 from the University of Washington and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from the University of Montana School of Law. From 2017 to 2020, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana, in Helena, Montana. From 2012 to 2017, he served in the Office of the State Public Defender, Major Crimes Unit, in Helena, Montana. From 2002 to 2012, he served in the U.S. Army and deployed as a judge advocate twice: once as the chief of claims for Multi-National Corps-Iraq/III Corps; and once as a trial defense counsel at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. During that time, from 2010 to 2011, he served as senior defense counsel at Fort Drum and the U.S. Military Academy. Judge Bartleson is a member of the State Bar of Montana.

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Source: TRAC Judge Report · View original report

Outcome distribution

Grants511 / 856
Denials345 / 856
Other relief0 / 856

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Switzerland

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Total decisions

117

Grants

106

Denials

11

Grant rate: 90.6%Denial rate: 9.4%

Guinea

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Total decisions

77

Grants

40

Denials

37

Grant rate: 51.9%Denial rate: 48.1%

India

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Total decisions

70

Grants

29

Denials

41

Grant rate: 41.4%Denial rate: 58.6%

Ghana

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Total decisions

54

Grants

37

Denials

17

Grant rate: 68.5%Denial rate: 31.5%

Singapore

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Total decisions

41

Grants

4

Denials

37

Grant rate: 9.8%Denial rate: 90.2%

Peru

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Total decisions

36

Grants

4

Denials

32

Grant rate: 11.1%Denial rate: 88.9%

Spain

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Total decisions

35

Grants

25

Denials

10

Grant rate: 71.4%Denial rate: 28.6%

Bulgaria

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Total decisions

30

Grants

17

Denials

13

Grant rate: 56.7%Denial rate: 43.3%

Mauritania

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

29

Grants

17

Denials

12

Grant rate: 58.6%Denial rate: 41.4%

Ecuador

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

28

Grants

5

Denials

23

Grant rate: 17.9%Denial rate: 82.1%

Honduras

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

26

Grants

16

Denials

10

Grant rate: 61.5%Denial rate: 38.5%

Venezuela

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

25

Grants

16

Denials

9

Grant rate: 64.0%Denial rate: 36.0%

Pakistan

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

23

Grants

19

Denials

4

Grant rate: 82.6%Denial rate: 17.4%

Colombia

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

22

Grants

7

Denials

15

Grant rate: 31.8%Denial rate: 68.2%

Guatemala

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

19

Grants

10

Denials

9

Grant rate: 52.6%Denial rate: 47.4%

Jamaica

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

19

Grants

11

Denials

8

Grant rate: 57.9%Denial rate: 42.1%

Gabon

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

17

Grants

2

Denials

15

Grant rate: 11.8%Denial rate: 88.2%

Russia

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

17

Grants

17

Denials

0

Grant rate: 100.0%Denial rate: 0.0%

Albania

Moderate sample
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Total decisions

16

Grants

14

Denials

2

Grant rate: 87.5%Denial rate: 12.5%

Bolivia

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Total decisions

16

Grants

13

Denials

3

Grant rate: 81.3%Denial rate: 18.8%

These statistics come from public EOIR data. They reflect historical statistics only, are not legal advice, and cannot predict any individual case outcome.

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