What is Judge Daniel Fellhauer's background?
EOIR's notice says that Daniel Fellhauer was appointed in September 2026. Judge Fellhauer earned a Bachelor of Science in 1996 from Eastern Michigan University and a Juris Doctor in 2000 from the University of Toledo College of Law. From 2005 to 2026, he served as an assistant prosecutor and chief deputy of the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney for Scott County, Virginia, in Gate City, Virginia. He also served as the interim Scott County Commonwealth’s Attorney in 2018 and again in 2020 and 2021. From 2003 to 2006, he was an associate attorney at Boucher, Hutton, Kelly, and Graham PC in Abingdon, Virginia. From 2002 to2003, he served as a judicial law clerk with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio in Toledo.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Daniel Fellhauer 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 New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.
No outcome or personal-profile claims
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