# Paul McCloskey Immigration Judge · [Annandale Immigration Court](/kyj/court/va/annandale-immigration-court) Last updated October 25, 2026 ## Paul McCloskey at a glance Current role Immigration Judge Court [Annandale Immigration Court](/kyj/court/va/annandale-immigration-court) Jurisdiction Virginia · Federal Judicial service Active Historical EOIR data ## Outcomes at a glance Total outcomes 5,123 Relief granted 160 3.1% Denied / removal ordered 3,195 62.4% Other / procedural 1,768 34.5% 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 Asylum decisions and other statistics ## Analytics Published EOIR records include 1,216 asylum outcomes associated with this judge. Asylum was granted in 141 (11.6%) and denied in 1,048 (86.2%); 27 were other or procedural outcomes. [Explore analytics](#analytics) ## Biography ### Professional career - Paul A. McCloskey is an Immigration Judge appointed in October 2018 by then‐Attorney General Jeff Sessions to hear cases at the Arlington Immigration Court in Virginia - 1999–2001: Presidential Management Intern, INS (now DHS) 2001–2002: Senior Immigration Officer, Office of Congressional Relations, INS 2002–2008: Assistant Chief Counsel, Baltimore & New Orleans 2008–2010: Associate Legal Advisor, Enforcement Law Division, DOJ 2010–2014: Associate Legal Advisor, Criminal Law Section, DHS/ICE 2014–2016: Deputy Chief, Criminal Law Section 2016–2018: Associate Deputy Principal Legal Advisor, Field Legal Operations, DHS/ICE ### Education - B.S. in 1996, Towson State University J.D. in 1999, University of Maryland School of Law ### Additional information - In February 2026, Judge McCloskey vacated a deportation order and reopened the immigration case of Subu Vedam after a decades‐old murder conviction was overturned - Also listed in some databases as serving at the Annandale Immigration Court - Professional - His work is tracked in public EOIR and TRAC reports, and he is a member of the Maryland State Bar - Judge McCloskey has a long career in federal immigration law enforcement before becoming a judge, and his asylum grant rates are consistently below national and court averages, with denial rates often exceeding 70% in recent years ## Sources Identity source checked August 19, 2026 . Biography sources checked October 11, 2026 . ### DOJ EOIR current immigration judge directory Identity source · HTML · Source checked August 19, 2026 ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 2.1 - Delivery and Receipt Courtwide source · HTML · Source checked July 30, 2026 ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 2.3 - Documents ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.10 - Interpreters ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.11 - Courtroom Decorum ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.12 - Electronic Devices ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.15 - Individual Calendar Hearing ### Find an Immigration Court and Access Internet-Based Hearings ### Find an Immigration Court and Access Internet-Based Hearings Judge Specific source · HTML · Source checked September 15, 2026 ### Current EOIR official staff directory Current EOIR Official Staff Directory source · HTML · Source checked October 7, 2026 [Public Records & Data Use](/public-records-data-use) · [Corrections policy](/corrections) ## Published courtroom rules ### Shared court rules - [EOIR Practice Manual 2.1 — Delivery and Receipt](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-c9195b4f0bba01a19aa8df41) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-2-1). Collected 2026-10-27. - [EOIR Practice Manual 3.11 — Courtroom Decorum](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8d8e8e8bf80478864645291a) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-3-11). Collected 2026-10-27. - [EOIR Practice Manual 2.3 — Documents](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-53ee093be24c18a5d1a93046) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-2-3). Collected 2026-10-27.