What is Judge Gary L. Bergosh's background?
EOIR's notice says that Gary L. Bergosh was appointed in October 2025. Judge Bergosh earned an Associates of Arts in 1987 from Pensacola State College, a Bachelor of Arts in 1989 from the University of West Florida, and a Juris Doctor in 1992 from the University of Memphis. From 2024 to 2025, he served as a Department of Homeland Security attorney teaching law to Border Patrol agents at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico, and handling immigration cases before EOIR in El Paso, Texas. From 2007 to 2024, he served as a Florida circuit court judge for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida in Pensacola. From 1996 until 2007, he served as a senior civilian attorney with the General Counsel’s Office for the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy and was an assistant state attorney in Pensacola. From 1989 to 2013, he served on active and reserve duty with the U.S. Marine Corps, and in 2003, was the executive officer of the 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion in Iraq.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Gary L. Bergosh 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 Orleans 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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