What is Judge Patrick Burke's background?
EOIR's notice says that Patrick Burke was appointed in November 2023. Judge Burke earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2004 from the Ohio State University and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. From 2017 to 2023, he served as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio on the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force in Cleveland. From 2012 to 2017, he served as a supervisory assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas as chief of the Del Rio Division. He most recently served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Army Reserve with the 139th Legal Operations Detachment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
What does TRAC report about Judge Patrick Burke'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 Patrick Burke decided 379 asylum cases at Cleveland Immigration Court and denied 86.3 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 Patrick Burke 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 Cleveland Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.