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Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Patrick Burke earned 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, and from 2012 to 2017 as a supervisory assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, serving 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. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
693
Completions per year
4,159 total
3.5%
Detained at decision
share of cases
14.6 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
43.4%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
9.9%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
2.6%
Appeals remanded or reversed
39 appeals decided
Bond decisions
Custody redetermination (bond) rulings since 2021.
"Granted" means the judge lowered the bond, ordered release on recognizance, or otherwise granted the request.
0%⚠
Bond requests granted
1 bond decision Too few cases
—
Median bond when set
—
Released on own recognizance
This judge 0%
Court average 37.1% · median $10,000
National 41.9% · median $6,500
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
7%
385 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
0.6%
725 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
14.3%⚠
7 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
0%⚠
1 decision Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
50%⚠
2 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
90.3%
62 decisions Moderate
7%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 385 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
7%
This court
19.3%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the bottom 11% 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 · 323 decisions since 2021
7.4%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 62 decisions since 2021
4.8%
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.
* 2026 is a partial year (data through 06/01/2026) and is incomplete.
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).