Appointed October 2010 · President Barack Obama→ Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.
15 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Eileen R Trujillo earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1986 from Harvard College and a Juris Doctor in 1990 from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. She worked as an associate at private law firms in San Francisco (1990-1995) before serving as a trial attorney for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (1996-2001) and as an assistant chief counsel with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Denver (2001-2006). She was in private practice in Denver from 2006 to August 2010. She is a member of the State Bar of California.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
841
Completions per year
4,206 total
0.2%
Detained at decision
share of cases
12.2 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
23.3%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
2.3%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
3%
Appeals remanded or reversed
66 appeals decided
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
64.7%
377 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
8.2%
279 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
90.7%
97 decisions Moderate
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
100%⚠
2 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
98.9%
93 decisions Moderate
Voluntary departure
96.4%
55 decisions Moderate
64.7%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 377 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
64.7%
This court
36.1%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 9% of the 825 judges nationally with enough cases to compare.
Does a lawyer matter here?
Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyerrepresented · 249 decisions since 2021
71.1%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 128 decisions since 2021
52.3%
Asylum grant rate over time
Each point is that calendar year's grant rate, back to 2015 where the judge was deciding cases — the longer career view. Dashed grey line = current national average (31.8%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
Courts where this judge has decided cases
Hearing locations for cases this judge completed since 2021, by number of decisions.
Many judges hear cases from more than one court (detained facilities, video dockets, or reassignments).