30 judges · TX
The Houston, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 1.5% across 39,508 decided cases. The court has 30 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisack, Chris A. | 2.3% | 56 | 2,359 | 2,415 |
| Peterson, William C. | 4.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Law, Philip S. | 17.3% | 97 | 463 | 560 |
| Luis, Lisa | 0.8% | 6 | 720 | 726 |
| Brown, Robert | 14.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhagat, Nimmo | 7.5% | 285 | 3,539 | 3,824 |
| Endelman, Gary E. | 6.5% | 232 | 3,310 | 3,542 |
| Zimmer, William K. | 21.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yam, Mimi | 17.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Picos, Georgina M. | 5.6% | 149 | 2,531 | 2,680 |
| Harris, Monique | 13.2% | 217 | 1,428 | 1,645 |
| Gemoets, Marcos | 3.8% | 120 | 3,019 | 3,139 |
| Brown, Sam, IV | 2.6% | 90 | 3,394 | 3,484 |
| Nguyen, Bao Q. | 8.4% | 263 | 2,884 | 3,147 |
| Osborn, Joshua D. | 3.4% | 128 | 3,668 | 3,796 |
| Wang, Lynn | 1.8% | 47 | 2,531 | 2,578 |
| Ramos, Maritza S. | 3.9% | 114 | 2,812 | 2,926 |
| Hartnett, Sarah | 4.0% | 75 | 1,806 | 1,881 |
| Gorman, Stephanie | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Vail, Joseph | 29.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FENELON, ZAHRA JIVANI | 2.7% | 40 | 1,446 | 1,486 |
| Hughes, Erica | 3.3% | 40 | 1,164 | 1,204 |
| Mcguirk, Erica J. | 2.9% | 19 | 646 | 665 |
| Hines Jr, Glen Ray. | 10.0% | 8 | 72 | 80 |
| Castrolugo, Elisa | 4.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marks, Stephanie J. | 22.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Archuleta, Judy | 5.4% | 24 | 424 | 448 |
| Jaroch, Brandon | 0.0% | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| Visiting Judge 15 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000, M. Suarez | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 1.5% | 199 | 13,465 | 13,664 |
| Guatemala | 0.9% | 54 | 6,228 | 6,282 |
| Mexico | 7.9% | 437 | 5,065 | 5,502 |
| El Salvador | 3.5% | 176 | 4,909 | 5,085 |
| Venezuela | 14.6% | 352 | 2,058 | 2,410 |
| Nicaragua | 5.3% | 108 | 1,936 | 2,044 |
| Colombia | 1.8% | 23 | 1,223 | 1,246 |
| Cuba | 14.9% | 148 | 847 | 995 |
| Nigeria | 29.6% | 100 | 238 | 338 |
| Ecuador | 2.1% | 4 | 189 | 193 |
| Turkey | 19.6% | 35 | 144 | 179 |
| Peru | 0.0% | 0 | 175 | 175 |
| China | 38.8% | 59 | 93 | 152 |
| Dominican Republic | 1.5% | 2 | 131 | 133 |
| India | 21.4% | 25 | 92 | 117 |
| Pakistan | 47.1% | 48 | 54 | 102 |
| Romania | 7.7% | 6 | 72 | 78 |
| Iraq | 64.2% | 34 | 19 | 53 |
| Brazil | 4.9% | 2 | 39 | 41 |
| Cameroon | 51.3% | 20 | 19 | 39 |
| Jordan | 18.4% | 7 | 31 | 38 |
| Belize | 8.1% | 3 | 34 | 37 |
| Afghanistan | 2.9% | 1 | 34 | 35 |
| Vietnam | 53.1% | 17 | 15 | 32 |
| Sri Lanka | 9.4% | 3 | 29 | 32 |
| Kenya | 31.0% | 9 | 20 | 29 |
| Haiti | 3.8% | 1 | 25 | 26 |
| Angola | 4.0% | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| Russia | 13.6% | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| Syria | 50.0% | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Lebanon | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Jamaica | 44.4% | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Bangladesh | 22.2% | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| Iran | 50.0% | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Congo | 14.3% | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| Ethiopia | 25.0% | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Panama | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Kazakhstan | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Chile | 9.1% | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Tanzania | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Egypt | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Ghana | 62.5% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Sudan | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Palestine | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Burkina Faso | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Morocco | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Philippines | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Israel | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Holland | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Canada | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Mali | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Guinea | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Nepal | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Eritrea | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Ukraine | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Belarus | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Libya | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Niger | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Uruguay | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Argentina | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Korea | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cambodia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rwanda | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |