What is Judge Leila Mullican's background?
EOIR's notice says that Leila Mullican was appointed in March 2020. Judge Mullican earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2005 from John Brown University, a Master of Public Administration in 2008 from Cornell University, and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from the University of Missouri Columbia School of Law. From 2016 to 2020, she served as a staff attorney at the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, in the District of Columbia. From 2014 to 2016, she served as a law clerk to the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, assistant legal advisor at the Office of Military Commissions’ Convening Authority, and appellate review action officer in the Office of the Judge Advocate General’s Criminal Law Division, in the District of Columbia. From 2011 to 2014, she served as a legal assistance attorney and defense counsel at the Defense Service Office Southeast, in Norfolk, Virginia. In 2011, she became a judge advocate in the U.S. Navy.
What does TRAC report about Judge Leila Mullican'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 Leila Mullican decided 876 asylum cases at Newark Immigration Court and denied 58.2 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 Leila Mullican in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Assistant Chief 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 Elizabeth Immigration Court; Newark Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.