What is Judge Rebecca Niburg's background?
TRAC reports that Rebecca Niburg was appointed in October 2022. Judge Niburg earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and a Juris Doctor and Master of Arts in European Studies in 2003 from Washington University in St. Louis. From 2020 to 2022, she operated her own law firm, Elpis Legal LLC, and during this time in 2021, Judge Niburg worked as Managing Attorney of Esperanza Center, an arm of Catholic Charities in Baltimore. From 2018 to 2020, she worked at Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) in Washington, D.C. From 2017 to 2018, she worked at the Greene Law Firm in Columbia, Maryland. From 2015 to 2017, she served as a supervisory immigration services officer with the Potomac Service Center, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
What does TRAC report about Judge Rebecca Niburg'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 Rebecca Niburg decided 744 asylum cases at Hyattsville Immigration Court and denied 57.4 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 Rebecca Niburg 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 Hyattsville Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.