Immigration court

Dallas, TX Immigration Court

37 judges · TX

6.1%Court Approval Rate
Dallas, TX6.1%
National16.6%

EOIR data through Sep 1, 2026 · updated monthly

12,880
Granted
199,065
Denied
37
Judges

Distribution

How this court's judges compare

At Dallas, TX, 35 judges range from 0.0% to 20.7%.

Each judge's all-time EOIR decided outcomes across every court they have served in: granted ÷ (granted + denied). Judges now based at this court with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.

Snapshot answer

The 2026-09-01 snapshot shows a 6.1% historical asylum grant rate for Dallas, TX Immigration Court, based on 12,880 grants and 199,065 denials (211,945 decided outcomes).

The Dallas, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 6.1% across 211,945 decided cases. The court has 37 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

How to Interpret This Court's Data

The Dallas, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 6.1% in the current AsylumTracker dataset. Court-level statistics aggregate judges and cases assigned to that court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.

High-volume judge profiles at this court include Nugent, James A. (43,609 total cases), Rogers, D. Anthony (41,996 total cases), and Ozmun, Richard R. (36,135 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (27,407 decided, 0.4% grant rate), Mexico (26,698 decided, 1.9% grant rate), and Venezuela (19,102 decided, 1.7% grant rate).

Asylum grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Procedural outcomes are separated so users can distinguish merits decisions from docket-management outcomes.

This page uses public EOIR records last updated 2026-09-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.

Read how EOIR data works or learn how to compare asylum approval rates.

What This Court Profile's Data Shows

Published case volume

This profile ranks #5 by published decided outcomes among 73 courts with at least 5,000 decisions (211,945 outcomes).

Comparable-court context

Its 6.1% historical rate is 4.0 percentage points below the 10.1% median for those 73 courts.

Largest nationality sample

The largest published nationality row is Honduras: 27,407 decisions and a 0.4% grant rate in the nationality subset's stated scope.

These are descriptive historical aggregates. Court mix, judge assignment, representation, case facts, procedural posture, and changes in law are not controlled here, so the comparisons cannot predict an individual case.

Areas Served by This Court

Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Dallas, TX Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 1,527 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:

OK — Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman, Edmond, Stillwater, Broken Arrow, Enid, Lawton, Bartlesville, Claremore, Muskogee, Ponca City, Shawnee, Wagoner, Achille and 555 more cities

TX — Dallas, Fort Worth, Lubbock, Amarillo, Arlington, Tyler, Denton, Plano, Wichita Falls, Abilene, Irving, San Angelo, Garland, Longview, Grand Prairie and 622 more cities

Not sure which immigration court serves your address? Enter your ZIP code in the AsylumTracker app's coverage map.

Judges at This Court

JudgeApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
Nugent, James A. 2.9% 1,138 38,212 39,350
Rogers, D. Anthony 5.6% 2,033 34,065 36,098
Ozmun, Richard R. 3.7% 1,124 29,617 30,741
Zuniga, Bertha A. 9.4% 2,860 27,635 30,495
Sims, Deitrich H. 4.7% 1,166 23,823 24,989
Hughes, Edwin R. 20.7% 3,059 11,704 14,763
Davis-Gumbs, Xiomara Diana 3.8% 506 12,918 13,424
Copeland, Cary H. 18.8% 2,316 9,997 12,313
Baird, Michael P. 5.1% 572 10,587 11,159
Naselow-Nahas, Tara 6.7% 809 11,220 12,029
Thielemann, Christopher J. 1.8% 227 12,146 12,373
Winfield, Jennifer 1.9% 158 8,106 8,264
Perez-Guzman, Virginia 16.1% 1,090 5,684 6,774
Kimball, R. Wayne 5.4% 398 6,940 7,338
Dvorak, Charissa 2.1% 141 6,720 6,861
Ellison, Sarah M. 5.5% 261 4,527 4,788
Hart, Brandon L. 6.0% 274 4,313 4,587
Irwin, Cait 2.3% 96 4,000 4,096
Herrington, Robert 4.6% 124 2,600 2,724
Bogdan, Attila 0.2% 6 2,493 2,499
Poore, John A. 0.2% 5 2,459 2,464
Jones, Paul N. 0.2% 4 2,174 2,178
Weiss, Daniel H. 7.2% 135 1,730 1,865
Shahan, Kenneth 5.8% 93 1,515 1,608
Fluke, Randall L. 16.5% 226 1,143 1,369
Ferguson, Jason D. 10.8% 114 943 1,057
Brown, Anthony 3.2% 20 597 617
Gross, Kevin 2.5% 13 517 530
Green, David 6.8% 23 313 336
Martin, Robert 2.8% 10 350 360
Hermus, Jason 2.0% 6 299 305
Douglas Richard J. 1.3% 4 311 315
Famada, Omar J. 4.4% 12 261 273
Dictson, Deborah 0.0% 0 242 242
Etienne, Darian R. 0.9% 1 116 117
Celis, Martin 0.0% 0 96 96
Whelan, Barbara 0.0% 0 33 33

Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Visiting Judge 9, Visiting Judge 10. They are excluded from the rate table above.

Approval Rate by Nationality

NationalityApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
Honduras 0.4% 98 27,309 27,407
Mexico 1.9% 499 26,199 26,698
Venezuela 1.7% 326 18,776 19,102
Guatemala 0.4% 61 14,355 14,416
El Salvador 1.9% 166 8,411 8,577
Nicaragua 0.7% 32 4,713 4,745
Colombia 0.6% 21 3,564 3,585
Cuba 7.7% 102 1,222 1,324
Peru 0.6% 6 968 974
Nigeria 20.4% 168 656 824
Ecuador 0.6% 4 708 712
Romania 0.6% 4 671 675
Turkey 23.0% 62 207 269
India 11.2% 26 207 233
China 21.7% 34 123 157
Cameroon 34.0% 52 101 153
Bolivia 0.7% 1 144 145
Brazil 4.3% 6 134 140
Vietnam 13.7% 18 113 131
Haiti 0.0% 0 122 122
Jordan 15.5% 18 98 116
Kenya 25.4% 29 85 114
Egypt 45.5% 50 60 110
Afghanistan 32.4% 35 73 108
Sri Lanka 6.0% 6 94 100
Democratic Republic Of Congo 6.0% 6 94 100
Dominican Republic 3.3% 3 88 91
Pakistan 23.0% 20 67 87
Zimbabwe 19.0% 16 68 84
Panama 5.2% 4 73 77
Angola 0.0% 0 76 76
Belize 0.0% 0 74 74
Chile 0.0% 0 67 67
Congo 4.6% 3 62 65
Nepal 11.9% 7 52 59
Russia 30.8% 16 36 52
Unknown Nationality 0.0% 0 47 47
Iran 36.4% 16 28 44
Syria 26.2% 11 31 42
Senegal 0.0% 0 41 41
Iraq 38.2% 13 21 34
Israel 6.5% 2 29 31
Holland 0.0% 0 31 31
South Korea 33.3% 10 20 30
Ghana 13.3% 4 26 30
Costa Rica 0.0% 0 30 30
Eritrea 51.9% 14 13 27
Bangladesh 7.7% 2 24 26
Ethiopia 60.0% 15 10 25
Argentina 16.0% 4 21 25
Zambia 12.5% 3 21 24
Niger 10.0% 2 18 20
Ukraine 42.1% 8 11 19
Mauritania 0.0% 0 19 19
Philippines 15.8% 3 16 19
Uganda 29.4% 5 12 17
Burundi 37.5% 6 10 16
Canada 12.5% 2 14 16
Thailand 0.0% 0 16 16
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) 6.2% 1 15 16
Jamaica 6.2% 1 15 16
Guadeloupe 0.0% 0 13 13
Uzbekistan 7.7% 1 12 13
Spain 0.0% 0 12 12
Malawi 27.3% 3 8 11
Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country 33.3% 3 6 9
Armenia 11.1% 1 8 9
Hungary 0.0% 0 9 9
Uruguay 0.0% 0 8 8
Guinea 0.0% 0 8 8
Portugal 0.0% 0 8 8
Laos 0.0% 0 7 7
Saudi Arabia 14.3% 1 6 7
South Africa 28.6% 2 5 7
Azerbaijan 0.0% 0 6 6
Chad 0.0% 0 6 6
Rwanda 0.0% 0 5 5
Somalia 0.0% 0 5 5
Indonesia 0.0% 0 4 4
Palestine 0.0% 0 4 4
Turkmenistan 0.0% 0 4 4
United Kingdom 0.0% 0 3 3
Burma (Myanmar) 0.0% 0 3 3
Lebanon 100.0% 3 0 3
Taiwan 0.0% 0 3 3
Tanzania 0.0% 0 3 3
Cambodia 0.0% 0 2 2
Sierra Leone 0.0% 0 2 2

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