What is Judge Francisco R. Prieto's background?
EOIR's notice says that Francisco R. Prieto was appointed in March 2019. Judge Prieto earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1992 from Hofstra University and a Juris Doctor in 2000 from St. John’s University School of Law. From 2010 to 2019, he served as an assistant chief counsel with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in New York, New York. From 2009 to 2010, he served as an assistant chief counsel ICE, in Miami, Florida. From 2007 to 2009, he served as an assistant attorney general at the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. From 2006 to 2007, he served as an assistant district attorney with the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office, in Santa Fe.
What does TRAC report about Judge Francisco R. Prieto'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 Francisco R. Prieto decided 861 asylum cases at New York - Det Immigration Court and denied 67.5 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 Francisco R. Prieto 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 - Varick Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.