Jeffrey T. Sprague

Baltimore (BAL) · Baltimore, MD

Jeffrey T. Sprague is listed with Baltimore (BAL). The database records 153 asylum outcomes: 16 approved, 137 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case.

Decision approval rate10.5%Approved ÷（Approved + Denied）

Approved share of all outcomes10.5%Approved ÷ all outcomes

Asylum decisions15316 / 137 / 0

Approved / denied16 / 137 / 0Database records only

Yearly changes

Yearly asylum decision trend

Applicant origin

Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality

Each row shows fiscal year, nationality, valid decisions, and approval rate.

Official appointment record

Judge background and appointment

Appointment dateMarch 2026

Appointed courtBaltimore Immigration Court

Appointment typeImmigration Judge

Official biography

Jeffrey Sprague was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in March 2026. Judge Sprague earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from Virginia Military Institute and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from Louisiana State University. From February 2020 to February 2026, he served as an adjudications counsel and hearing officer with the Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation. During this time, from December 2021 to June 2022, he also served a cross-modal detail assignment with the Federal Aviation Administration as an enforcement attorney, where he litigated civil penalty claims against unruly airline passengers. From January 2018 to February 2020, he was a trial attorney with the Civil Division, Torts Branch, CSTL/Vaccine Litigation Section, Department of Justice. From August 2006 to January 2018, he was a staff attorney with the Department of Veterans Affairs, and he also served an appointment as an acting veteran's law judge from January to March 2017. Prior to law school, Judge Sprague served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force from 1999 to 2003, where he was a missile combat crew commander for the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System (ICBM) at Minot AFB, North Dakota. Judge Sprague is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

Education: Judge Sprague earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from Virginia Military Institute and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from Louisiana State University.

Bar admission: Judge Sprague is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

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How to read approval rates

Decision approval rateis approved ÷ (approved + denied). Blue “Other” is shown separately and includes identifiable withholding/CAT protection, cancellation or adjustment, voluntary departure, withdrawal, termination, dismissal, and administrative closure; it is excluded from the rate denominator.Approved share of all outcomesuses approved, denied, and other outcomes in the denominator.

With small samples, a few cases can move the percentage sharply. The page flags samples below 50 and below 200 decisions.

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