Immigration court
Houston, TX Immigration Court
38 judges · TX
EOIR data through Sep 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 17,353
- Granted
- 148,485
- Denied
- 38
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Houston, TX, 35 judges range from 0.4% to 29.2%.
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 10.5% historical asylum grant rate for Houston, TX Immigration Court, based on 17,353 grants and 148,485 denials (165,838 decided outcomes).
The Houston, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 10.5% across 165,838 decided cases. The court has 38 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
How to Interpret This Court's Data
The Houston, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 10.5% 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 Peterson, William C. (26,750 total cases), Law, Philip S. (20,188 total cases), and Brown, Robert (19,057 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (17,972 decided, 1.3% grant rate), Guatemala (8,029 decided, 0.8% grant rate), and Mexico (7,039 decided, 7.8% 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 #10 by published decided outcomes among 73 courts with at least 5,000 decisions (165,838 outcomes).
Its 10.5% historical rate is 0.4 percentage points above the 10.1% median for those 73 courts.
The largest published nationality row is Honduras: 17,972 decisions and a 1.3% 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 Houston, TX Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 1 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
TX — Houston
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterson, William C. | 4.0% | 986 | 23,389 | 24,375 |
| Law, Philip S. | 17.5% | 2,101 | 9,883 | 11,984 |
| Brown, Robert | 14.8% | 2,083 | 11,956 | 14,039 |
| Greenstein, Saul E. | 5.3% | 875 | 15,682 | 16,557 |
| Zimmer, William K. | 21.7% | 2,455 | 8,849 | 11,304 |
| Endelman, Gary E. | 6.0% | 638 | 10,034 | 10,672 |
| Bhagat, Nimmo | 7.0% | 716 | 9,507 | 10,223 |
| Yam, Mimi | 17.5% | 1,495 | 7,028 | 8,523 |
| Luis, Lisa | 5.6% | 439 | 7,429 | 7,868 |
| Picos, Georgina M. | 5.6% | 375 | 6,279 | 6,654 |
| Gemoets, Marcos | 4.3% | 271 | 5,968 | 6,239 |
| Harris, Monique | 6.2% | 342 | 5,165 | 5,507 |
| Brown, Sam, IV | 2.4% | 138 | 5,703 | 5,841 |
| Khan, Anwer A. | 3.7% | 192 | 5,054 | 5,246 |
| Nguyen, Bao Q. | 6.8% | 308 | 4,245 | 4,553 |
| Kinnicutt, Daniel P. | 3.0% | 52 | 1,700 | 1,752 |
| Ramos, Maritza S. | 3.3% | 123 | 3,566 | 3,689 |
| Wang, Lynn | 1.8% | 55 | 3,038 | 3,093 |
| Vail, Joseph | 29.2% | 648 | 1,571 | 2,219 |
| Gorman, Stephanie | 9.8% | 217 | 1,997 | 2,214 |
| Hartnett, Sarah | 4.0% | 76 | 1,819 | 1,895 |
| Tida, Abdias E. | 3.9% | 69 | 1,687 | 1,756 |
| FENELON, ZAHRA JIVANI | 2.7% | 44 | 1,557 | 1,601 |
| Lucic, Nicholas B. | 0.4% | 4 | 885 | 889 |
| Hughes, Erica | 3.6% | 45 | 1,213 | 1,258 |
| Mcguirk, Erica J. | 2.1% | 23 | 1,093 | 1,116 |
| Greenbaum, Scott V. | 1.1% | 9 | 777 | 786 |
| Buras, Kevin N. | 0.9% | 5 | 562 | 567 |
| Marks, Stephanie J. | 22.2% | 95 | 332 | 427 |
| Parikh, Kiera | 0.6% | 3 | 476 | 479 |
| Archuleta, Judy | 6.6% | 31 | 440 | 471 |
| Castrolugo, Elisa | 4.9% | 18 | 350 | 368 |
| Muneer, Revathi | 0.7% | 2 | 276 | 278 |
| Robinson, Jared | 3.1% | 5 | 157 | 162 |
| Hines Jr, Glen Ray. | 13.6% | 12 | 76 | 88 |
| Martin, Lionel C. | 3.7% | 5 | 129 | 134 |
| Jaroch, Brandon | 1.1% | 1 | 86 | 87 |
| Cheeks, Demetrius | 0.0% | 0 | 39 | 39 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Visiting Judge 15, 2000, M. Suarez. They are excluded from the rate table above.
Approval Rate by Nationality
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 1.3% | 226 | 17,746 | 17,972 |
| Guatemala | 0.8% | 62 | 7,967 | 8,029 |
| Mexico | 7.8% | 551 | 6,488 | 7,039 |
| El Salvador | 3.1% | 199 | 6,293 | 6,492 |
| Venezuela | 11.2% | 376 | 2,996 | 3,372 |
| Nicaragua | 5.2% | 120 | 2,201 | 2,321 |
| Colombia | 1.6% | 26 | 1,604 | 1,630 |
| Cuba | 12.2% | 166 | 1,197 | 1,363 |
| Nigeria | 29.2% | 117 | 283 | 400 |
| Ecuador | 1.9% | 5 | 260 | 265 |
| Peru | 0.4% | 1 | 224 | 225 |
| Turkey | 25.5% | 51 | 149 | 200 |
| China | 40.7% | 70 | 102 | 172 |
| India | 20.6% | 29 | 112 | 141 |
| Dominican Republic | 1.5% | 2 | 133 | 135 |
| Pakistan | 49.2% | 59 | 61 | 120 |
| Romania | 4.0% | 4 | 95 | 99 |
| Iraq | 66.1% | 39 | 20 | 59 |
| Jordan | 17.0% | 9 | 44 | 53 |
| Belize | 6.1% | 3 | 46 | 49 |
| Sri Lanka | 8.5% | 4 | 43 | 47 |
| Cameroon | 47.6% | 20 | 22 | 42 |
| Brazil | 4.9% | 2 | 39 | 41 |
| Vietnam | 41.5% | 17 | 24 | 41 |
| Afghanistan | 2.8% | 1 | 35 | 36 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| Kenya | 29.6% | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| Haiti | 3.7% | 1 | 26 | 27 |
| Angola | 4.5% | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| Syria | 65.0% | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Iran | 38.9% | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| Russia | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Jamaica | 53.3% | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Bangladesh | 26.7% | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Lebanon | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Egypt | 69.2% | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Ethiopia | 27.3% | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Kazakhstan | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Palestine | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Congo | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Libya | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Holland | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Tanzania | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Sudan | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Canada | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Mauritania | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Portugal | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Burkina Faso | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Philippines | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |