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Immigration Judge Conduct and Professionalism

The Office of the Chief Immigration Judge has established a procedure that allows any person to file a complaint about the conduct of an Immigration Judge. Below are links to documents which describe how to file a complaint, the procedures used to process complaints, and statistics concerning the disposition of complaints. There is also a link to the Ethics and Professionalism Guide for Immigration Judges.

Process for Handling Complaints Against Immigration Judges

Summary of Complaint Process (PDF)
Flowchart of Complaint Process (PDF)

Filing a Complaint

Instructions for Filing a Complaint

Immigration Judge Complaint Statistics

Statistics for Oct 1, 2009 to Sep 30, 2010 (PDF)

Statistics for Oct 1, 2010 to Sep 30, 2011 (PDF)

Statistics for Oct 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011 (PDF)

Statistics for Jan 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2012 (PDF)

Statistics for Apr 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012 (PDF)

Ethics and Professionalism

Ethics and Professionalism Guide for Immigration Judges (PDF)


Updated July 2012

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