What is Judge Donald Eller's background?
EOIR's notice says that Donald Eller was appointed in December 2018. Judge Eller earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1988 from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Juris Doctor in 1995 from the University of Texas School of Law. He retired as a colonel from the U.S. Air Force in 2018. From 1996 to 2018, Judge Eller served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force at the following locations: Barksdale AFB, Louisiana; Randolph AFB, Texas; RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom; Travis AFB, California; Pope AFB, North Carolina; Bolling AFB, Washington D.C.; and Ramstein AB, Germany. In those assignments, he performed various duties including trial judge, senior prosecutor, senior defense attorney, and staff judge advocate. From 1989 to 1993, Judge Eller served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force as a commissioned officer responsible for providing security for personnel and resources at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota.
What does TRAC report about Judge Donald Eller'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 Donald Eller decided 245 asylum cases at Oakdale Immigration Court and denied 90.2 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 Donald Eller 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 Fort Worth Immigration Adjudication Center. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.