Immigration judge Patrick S. O'Brien
EOIR records Patrick S. O'Brien as a serving immigration judge, code PSO, with 5,301 proceedings completed in the five fiscal years to 2025 and 50.9% of the asylum applications decided granted, against 37.3% across the country.
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Cases, decisions and backlog
- 5,301
- Proceedings completed, FY2021–2025
- 12.9% decided in absentia
- 1,776
- Proceedings pending at 2026-09
- 50.9%
- Asylum grant rate, FY2021–2025
- 551 granted of 1,082 decided
Over the 5 fiscal years from 2021 to 2025, this judge granted 551 asylum applications and denied 531 — 50.9% of those decided, against 37.3% across the country. A further 1,072 ended neither way and are in neither figure.
By fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | Completed | Asylum granted | Asylum denied |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1,816 | 67 | 167 |
| FY2024 | 1,540 | 112 | 113 |
| FY2023 | 964 | 131 | 91 |
| FY2022 | 738 | 178 | 86 |
| FY2021 | 243 | 63 | 74 |
| FY2020 | 616 | 32 | 91 |
| FY2019 | 658 | 23 | 74 |
| FY2018 | 574 | 11 | 39 |
| FY2017 | 157 | 4 | 6 |
| FY2016 | 98 | 0 | 0 |
Complete fiscal years only. A proceeding is counted in the year it completed, which is not the year it was recorded, so this table is not a record of what arrived.
Where the proceedings were
The courts where EOIR records this judge completing proceedings, which is not the same as the courts they are assigned to: a judge is assigned to a median of three at once and as many as 72, and an assignment is not a posting.
Sources
- EOIR immigration court outcomes by judge, court and fiscal year — U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review · retrieved September 1, 2026
- EOIR immigration judges and courts
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