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Nicholas B. Lucic
El Paso (EPD) · El Paso, TX
Nicholas B. Lucic is listed with El Paso (EPD). The database records 86 asylum outcomes: 0 approved, 86 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case.
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Official biography
Nicholas B. Lucic was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in October 2025. Judge Lucic earned a Bachelor of Science in 2001 from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from Loyola Law School. From 2016 to 2025, he served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Adelanto, California, and Houston, Texas. From 2014 to 2016, he served as an investigator with the Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, in Pasadena, California. From 2012 to 2014, he served as an attorney advisor with the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security Administration, in Woodlawn, Maryland. From 2008 to 2012, he was in private practice in California. Judge Lucic is a member of the State Bar of California.
Education: Judge Lucic earned a Bachelor of Science in 2001 from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from Loyola Law School.
Bar admission: Judge Lucic is a member of the State Bar of California.
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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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