What is Judge Jeffrey Sprague's background?
EOIR's notice says that Jeffrey Sprague was appointed in March 2026. Judge Sprague earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from Virginia Military Institute and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from Louisiana State University. From February 2020 to February 2026, he served as an adjudications counsel and hearing officer with the Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation. During this time, from December 2021 to June 2022, he also served a cross-modal detail assignment with the Federal Aviation Administration as an enforcement attorney, where he litigated civil penalty claims against unruly airline passengers. From January 2018 to February 2020, he was a trial attorney with the Civil Division, Torts Branch, CSTL/Vaccine Litigation Section, Department of Justice. From August 2006 to January 2018, he was a staff attorney with the Department of Veterans Affairs, and he also served an appointment as an acting veteran’s law judge from January to March 2017.
What does TRAC report about Judge Jeffrey Sprague'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 Jeffrey Sprague decided 138 asylum cases at Baltimore Immigration Court and denied 89.9 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 Jeffrey Sprague 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 Baltimore Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.