Immigration judge
David Koelsch
Community discussion · 0Public EOIR asylum decision statistics
- Status
- active
- Data source
- TRAC Immigration Judge Reports
Grant rate
13.0%
33 / 254
Total decisions
254
Merits decision sample in current public statistics
Grant rate
13.0%
Grants: 33
Denial rate
87.0%
Denials: 221
Other relief rate
0.0%
Other relief: 0
Judge profile
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed David C. Koelsch to begin hearing cases in August 2018. Judge Koelsch earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988 from Michigan State Universityand a Juris Doctor in 1994from Catholic University. From 2017 to 2018, he was a supervisoryasylum officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Arlington, Va. From 2015 to 2017, he was an appeals officer withthe Administrative Appeals Office, USCIS, DHS. From 2002 to 2015, he was a professor anddirector of the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. From 2000 to 2005, he was legal director of Freedom House. From 1998 to 2000, he was associateattorney with Dykema PLLC. From 1996 to 1998, he was associate attorney with Hopkins &Sutter. From 1995 to 1996, he was a law clerk for the Alaska Superior Court. He is a member ofthe Michigan State Bar.
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