What is Judge Joseph Ahlemeyer's background?
EOIR's notice says that Joseph Ahlemeyer was appointed in August 2026. Judge Ahlemeyer earned a Bachelor of Science in 1998 from Nebraska Wesleyan University, a Juris Doctor in 2009 from Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law, and a Master of Laws in 2021 from The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia. From April 2023 to August 2026, he served as an acquisition attorney at the Department of the Air Force, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Since June 2023, he has served as a judge advocate with the Nebraska Army National Guard in Lincoln. From October 2014 to June 2023, he served as a judge advocate with the U.S. Army in the following locations: Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, Charlottesville Virginia; the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, California; and Fort Riley, Junction City, Kansas. From October 2010 to October 2014, he served as a military intelligence officer with the U.S. Army in the following locations: Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Arizona, and Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Joseph Ahlemeyer 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 Kansas City 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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