What is Judge Christopher Thielemann's background?
EOIR's notice says that Christopher Thielemann was appointed in November 2018. Judge Thielemann earned a Bachelor of Science in 1994 from Georgia Southern University, a Juris Doctor in 2002 from Florida State University College of Law, and a Master of Laws in 2009 from the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School. From 2015 to 2018, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida, Department of Justice, in Tallahassee. From 2002 to 2015, he served as a judge advocate with the U.S. Marine Corps in the following locations: Camp Pendleton, California; Horn of Africa, Djibouti; and Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan.
What does TRAC report about Judge Christopher Thielemann's asylum decisions?
TRAC, a research center that began at Syracuse University, reports that for FY 2021 - 2026 (data covers the first 9 months of fiscal year 2026), Judge Christopher Thielemann decided 545 asylum cases at Dallas Immigration Court and denied 58.2 percent, based on its report of Aug 27, 2026. These are past figures for one court. They do not predict your case, which turns on your facts, evidence, nationality and representation, and TRAC cautions against simple comparisons between judges at different courts. Read the full report at TRAC, and talk to a lawyer about your own case.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Christopher Thielemann in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Immigration Judge. The record is not an appointment history or an employment certification.
Dated court associations
EOIR’s court-specific tables associate this entry with Dallas Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.