What is Judge Donald Pashayan's background?
EOIR's notice says that Donald Pashayan was appointed in December 2020. Judge Pashayan earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1994 from Boston College and a Juris Doctor in 1999 from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. From 2012 to 2020, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force of the District of Arizona and also served as a district opioid co-coordinator. From 2003 to 2012, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Ohio and the Middle District of Florida. In 2002, he worked as a litigation associate at Frantz Ward LLC, in Cleveland. From 1999 to 2002, he served on active duty as a judge advocate in the U.S. Navy at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, and Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida.
What does TRAC report about Judge Donald Pashayan'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 Pashayan decided 647 asylum cases at Cleveland Immigration Court and denied 84.5 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 Pashayan 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 Cleveland Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.