What is Judge Monte Miller's background?
EOIR's notice says that Monte Miller was appointed in October 2019. Judge Miller earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1989 from the University of Minnesota and a Juris Doctor in 1993 from William Mitchell College of Law. He is currently a captain and judge advocate in the U.S. Navy Reserve. From 2001 to 2019, he served as an assistant and senior attorney with the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, Criminal Division, in Minneapolis. From 2017 to 2019, he served as a trial judge with the Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary. From 2012 to 2017, he served as an appellate judge with the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals.
What does TRAC report about Judge Monte Miller'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 Monte Miller decided 1305 asylum cases at Bloomington Immigration Court and denied 89.3 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 Monte Miller 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 Fort Snelling Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.