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Dallas Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

Aggregated asylum decision statistics across all immigration judges currently sitting at the Dallas Immigration Court, based on FOIA-released EOIR data.

Court lifetime grant rate

13.5%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

25,684

All recorded asylum decisions

Last data refresh

2026-05-21

From Deportation Data Project FOIA release

Lifetime aggregates use the same methodology as the per-judge trailing-12-month rates in the roster below — only the time window differs, which is why the two views can show different percentages.

Monthly grant-rate trend

0%25%50%75%100%

Judges at this court

JudgeLifetime grant rateLifetime cases
Archuleta, Judy0.0%19
Ayala, David75.0%16
Bain, Quynh Vu25.0%20
Baird, Michael P.30.6%383
Baker, Glen R.50.0%2
Bales, Eric C.40.0%5
Barcus, E. Mark57.7%97
Barnes, John C.0.0%113
Bashore, Jacob D.12.8%274
Beamer, Dayna62.5%8
Behne, Audra R.100.0%2
Benton, Jimmie Lee50.0%12
Bogdan, Attila0.0%117
Boudreau, Robert0.0%14
Brisack, Chris A.30.0%10
Brown, Anthony2.9%69
Brown, Robert0.0%2
Carr, M. Audrey0.0%1
Carreras-Amadeo, Monique20.5%219
Chapa, Teofilo0.0%3
Copeland, Cary H.48.6%1,172
Cordova, David J.100.0%1
Crews, John G.9.4%32
Crosland, David W.50.0%2
D'Andrea, Holly A.0.0%3
D'Angelo, Matthew J.100.0%1
Davis-Gumbs, Xiomara Diana8.2%1,722
Dean, Larry R.57.1%7
Dishman, Charles0.0%3
Duck, John A.100.0%2
Dvorak, Charissa3.5%991
Eller, Donald R.20.2%183
Ellison, Sarah M.25.1%479
Ferguson, Jason D.29.9%187
Fluke, Randall L.15.8%488
Freeman, D'Anna H.31.6%19
Gastley, Harry L.0.0%1
Goodman, Cynthia25.0%12
Green, David0.0%2
Gross, Kevin3.2%63
Guidry, Monica Thompson0.0%2
Hart, Brandon L.9.3%919
Hermus, Jason0.0%64
Herrington, Robert8.4%263
Hines Jr, Glen Ray.0.0%3
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.43.9%66
Holliday, Carey R.5.9%17
Hough, Robert S.100.0%2
Hughes, Edwin R.58.2%909
Irwin, Cait12.5%586
Jacobs, Richard C.4.6%174
James, Dennis R.33.3%6
John-Baptiste, Allan18.2%302
Jones, Paul N.1.1%92
Karesh, Ellen100.0%2
Kimball, R. Wayne13.1%1,540
Lake, Kelly B.66.7%3
Lane, Denise A. Marks50.0%2
Leonard, Joseph T.0.0%4
Martin, Robert0.0%51
Martinez, Hugo R.2.2%974
Martz, Nicholas A.50.0%2
May, Jennifer A.8.0%88
Meyer, Abby L.0.0%2
Mitchell, Kyle0.0%5
Mwangi, Francis29.6%54
Naselow-Nahas, Tara0.6%670
Nugent, James A.7.3%1,180
Opaciuch, John100.0%2
Owens, Robert P.64.2%81
Ozmun, Richard R.9.7%2,163
Perez-Guzman, Virginia28.4%447
Polivka, James F.0.3%1,130
Poore, John A.0.0%69
Renner, Renee L.0.0%7
Rogers, D. Anthony37.0%479
Rose, Howard0.0%1
Schools, Shelly W.75.0%4
Shahan, Kenneth0.9%558
Sims, Deitrich H.7.2%2,759
Stogner, W. Wayne40.0%5
Straus, Michael W.0.0%4
Sydnor, Kelley N25.0%44
Taylor, Bruce A.50.0%2
Terrien, Jeb0.0%1
Thielemann, Christopher J.4.8%1,535
Visiting Judge 1, 20.0%5
Weisel, Robert D.71.4%7
Weiss, Daniel H.26.7%258
Williams, Phillip T.33.3%3
Winfield, Jennifer1.0%1,381
Yeargin, Robert0.0%1

Frequently asked questions

What is the asylum grant rate at the Dallas Immigration Court?

Across all recorded asylum decisions, the Dallas Immigration Court has a lifetime grant rate of 13.5%, based on 25,684 merit decisions released by the EOIR under FOIA. This figure is weighted across every immigration judge who has sat at this court and uses the standard methodology of cases granted divided by cases granted plus cases ordered removed.

How many immigration judges sit at the Dallas Immigration Court?

92 immigration judges currently appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for the Dallas Immigration Court. Each judge's per-case statistics are listed in the judge roster on this page; lifetime grant rates per judge can diverge from the court-wide aggregate because of caseload mix and decision volume.

Where does this data come from?

Case-level outcomes were released by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) under the Freedom of Information Act and republished by the Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley). Aggregates are corroborated by TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University). See the methodology footer for source links.

Is the grant rate predictive of an individual case outcome?

No. The grant rate is a statistical aggregate over completed decisions; it is not a prediction. Individual case outcomes depend on case-specific merits, evidence, country conditions, and the quality of counsel. This page is informational and does not constitute legal advice.

Methodology & sources

Primary source
Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley) FOIA-released EOIR case-level data from the Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley).
Secondary source
TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University) Independent corroboration of grant-rate aggregates from TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University).
Last data refresh
2026-05-21

Statistical data only. Case outcomes depend on case-specific merits, evidence, and counsel quality. This page is provided for informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice or a guarantee of any outcome.