The Honorable Immigration Judge Steven B Fuller

Lumpkin, GA Immigration Court
Appointed September 2018 · President Donald Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions
7 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Republican administration

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Caseload & process (since 2021)
1,387
Completions per year
8,323 total
59.1%
Detained at decision
share of cases
1.6 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
0%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
2.4%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
23.7%
Appeals remanded or reversed
169 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.
28.9%
Bond requests granted
2,383 bond decisions High confidence
$7,000
Median bond when set
807 bonds with amounts
0.1%
Released on own recognizance
This judge 28.9%
Court average 38.5% · median $5,000
National 41.9% · median $6,500

Grant rates by type of relief

Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
7.2% 304 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
3.5% 706 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
19.8% 116 decisions Moderate
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
38.5% 26 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
44.4% 18 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
88.1% 916 decisions High confidence
7.2%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 304 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
7.2%
This court
19.5%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the bottom 12% 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 · 180 decisions since 2021
11.1%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 124 decisions since 2021
1.6%

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.
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%2018: 0% of 8 decisions0%20182019: 2.1% of 97 decisions2.1%20192020: 10.3% of 39 decisions10.3%20202021: 0% of 24 decisions0%20212022: 12.1% of 66 decisions12.1%20222023: 6.7% of 60 decisions6.7%20232024: 6.8% of 73 decisions6.8%20242025: 7.6% of 66 decisions7.6%20252026 (partial year): 0% of 15 decisions0%2026*
* 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).
Lumpkin, GA · home court
8,301 (100%)
21 (0.25%)
1 (0.01%)