Immigration court
Dallas, TX Immigration Court
37 judges · TX
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.
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
This profile ranks #5 by published decided outcomes among 73 courts with at least 5,000 decisions (211,945 outcomes).
Its 6.1% historical rate is 4.0 percentage points below the 10.1% median for those 73 courts.
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
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |