What is Judge Yeshaya Poyurs's background?
EOIR's notice says that Yeshaya Poyurs was appointed in September 2026. Judge Poyurs earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1989 from Union College (Schenectady, New York), a Juris Doctor in 2002 from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, and a Master of Arts in 2018 from the Fletcher School of Law and International Relations, Tufts University. From 2024 to 2025, he mobilized as an Army Reserve judge advocate to serve as a deputy associate general counsel in the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Army, the Pentagon. From 2022 to 2024, he served as an attorney adviser for the Disability Evaluation System Counsel Program, U.S. Navy, Washington Navy Yard. From 2020 to 2022, he served as an attorney adviser in the Alternative Dispute Resolution program, Whistleblower Reprisal Investigations Directorate, Office of Inspector General, Department of Defense, Alexandria, Virginia. From 2019 to 2020, he mobilized to Poland in support of Atlantic Resolve as an International Law Officer for the 407th Civil Affairs Battalion.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Yeshaya Poyurs 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 New York - Federal Plaza 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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