# Mark K. Brooks

Immigration Judge · [Hyattsville Immigration Court](/kyj/court/md/hyattsville-immigration-court)

## Mark K. Brooks at a glance

Current role

Immigration Judge

Court

[Hyattsville Immigration Court](/kyj/court/md/hyattsville-immigration-court)

Jurisdiction

Maryland · Federal

Historical EOIR data

## Outcomes at a glance

Total outcomes

5,668

Relief granted

228 4.0%

Denied / removal ordered

3,315 58.5%

Other / procedural

2,125 37.5%

National comparison for this selection: 9,249,024 outcomes; 10.0% relief granted; 52.0% denied / removal ordered; 38.0% other / procedural.

Methodology and sources

These are proceeding outcomes, not asylum application statistics. Completion years use EOIR COMP_DATE; 2026 contains partial-year data. Relief granted, denied / removal ordered and other / procedural exhaust the recorded outcomes. Groups of one are included. Historical outcomes do not establish a current assignment. Counts describe recorded cases and do not predict an individual's result.

[Official EOIR case data](https://fileshare.eoir.justice.gov/EOIR%20Case%20Data.zip) · Source date: Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:14:27 GMT

## Biography

### Professional career

- Immigration Judge appointed in December 2020 by Attorney General William P. Barr, serving at the Hyattsville Immigration Court in Maryland, with a documented record of 68.9% asylum denial rate for FY 2021–2026
- Litigation practice in D.C. and Maryland (2012–2016 & 1986–2001)
- Assistant state attorney, Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office (2001–2004)
- Judge Brooks’s record shows a consistently higher denial rate than both the Hyattsville court and national averages, with notable variation by nationality and year
- Asylum grant rates vary by judge, court, detainee status, nationality, and representation, and are not a measure of fairness or competence

### Education

- Antioch School of Law — J.D. (1986)
- Columbia Union College — B.A. (1982)

### Additional information

- Immigration officer, Fraud Detection, National Security Directorate, USCIS (2017–2020).

## Sources

Identity source checked October 6, 2026 .

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[Public Records & Data Use](/public-records-data-use) · [Corrections policy](/corrections)

## Courtroom rules

[Official EOIR hearing and filing instructions](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir)