Immigration court
Dallas, TX Immigration Court
39 judges · TX
EOIR data through Oct 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 12,910
- Granted
- 206,988
- Denied
- 39
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Dallas, TX, 38 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.
Recent decisions (Oct 2024 – Sep 2026): Dallas, TX Immigration Court granted asylum in 0.9% of 89,428 decided cases. That is lower than the court's all-time rate of 5.9% (219,898 decided cases). Over the same months, the national rate was 5.0%.
What people ask about Dallas, TX Immigration Court
These are the questions people asked most about this court from Apr 2026 to Oct 2026. The answers come from EOIR immigration court data and ICE arrest records.
Which judges at Dallas, TX Immigration Court grant asylum most often?
Among the 29 judges at this court with at least 25 decided asylum cases in Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, the highest grant rates were: Randall L. Fluke, 12.9% of 900 decided; David Green, 6.0% of 417 decided; and Omar J. Famada, 4.4% of 367 decided. The median judge among them granted 0.9%.
What is the asylum grant rate at Dallas, TX Immigration Court?
In Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, the court granted asylum in 0.9% of 89,428 decided cases (grants plus denials). Across all years in EOIR data, it granted 5.9% of 219,898 decided cases. Over the same recent months, the national rate was 5.0%.
How many ICE arrests are recorded in Dallas, Texas?
ICE recorded 14,377 arrests in Dallas, Texas from Aug 2025 to Jul 2026, 1,093 of them in Jul 2026. The highest month in these records, which start in Oct 2022, was Oct 2025 with 1,894. These are arrests anywhere in the city, not only at the immigration court.
How often does Dallas, TX Immigration Court grant motions?
Across all years of EOIR motion records for this court, the most common decided motions were: Motion for Change of Venue, granted in 83.1% of 55,267; Motion to Terminate, granted in 63.6% of 24,755; and Motion to Withdraw as Counsel, granted in 89.1% of 24,247. The rate counts every decided motion, including outcomes other than granted or denied.
How do BIA appeals from Dallas, TX Immigration Court turn out?
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has decided 10,136 appeals filed by people in proceedings (respondent appeals) against decisions from this court; 18.8% were sent back or reversed (remanded, sustained or granted) and the rest were dismissed or denied. 9,281 more are pending. This covers all years in EOIR data and does not include appeals filed by DHS.
How to Interpret This Court's Data
Court-level statistics aggregate the judges and cases assigned to the Dallas, TX Immigration 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. (44,291 total cases), Rogers, D. Anthony (41,995 total cases), and Ozmun, Richard R. (36,120 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court (fiscal years 2020–2026) include Mexico (29,105 decided, 1.7% grant rate), Honduras (28,610 decided, 0.3% grant rate), and Venezuela (21,251 decided, 1.5% 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 2026-10-01. 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 74 courts with at least 5,000 decisions (219,898 outcomes).
Its 5.9% historical rate is 4.0 percentage points below the 9.9% median for those 74 courts.
The largest published nationality row is Mexico: 29,105 decisions and a 1.7% 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. | 2.8% | 1,138 | 38,867 | 40,005 |
| Rogers, D. Anthony | 5.6% | 2,033 | 34,064 | 36,097 |
| Ozmun, Richard R. | 3.7% | 1,125 | 29,601 | 30,726 |
| Zuniga, Bertha A. | 9.4% | 2,860 | 27,632 | 30,492 |
| Sims, Deitrich H. | 4.6% | 1,168 | 24,403 | 25,571 |
| Hughes, Edwin R. | 20.7% | 3,059 | 11,703 | 14,762 |
| Davis-Gumbs, Xiomara Diana | 3.7% | 506 | 13,211 | 13,717 |
| Copeland, Cary H. | 18.8% | 2,316 | 9,997 | 12,313 |
| Baird, Michael P. | 5.1% | 572 | 10,582 | 11,154 |
| Naselow-Nahas, Tara | 6.7% | 812 | 11,250 | 12,062 |
| Thielemann, Christopher J. | 1.8% | 227 | 12,611 | 12,838 |
| Winfield, Jennifer | 1.9% | 159 | 8,368 | 8,527 |
| Perez-Guzman, Virginia | 16.1% | 1,090 | 5,681 | 6,771 |
| Kimball, R. Wayne | 5.4% | 398 | 6,940 | 7,338 |
| Dvorak, Charissa | 2.1% | 141 | 6,720 | 6,861 |
| Hart, Brandon L. | 5.4% | 274 | 4,821 | 5,095 |
| Ellison, Sarah M. | 5.5% | 261 | 4,527 | 4,788 |
| Irwin, Cait | 2.3% | 96 | 3,994 | 4,090 |
| Bogdan, Attila | 0.2% | 6 | 3,106 | 3,112 |
| Poore, John A. | 0.2% | 5 | 3,182 | 3,187 |
| Herrington, Robert | 4.6% | 124 | 2,599 | 2,723 |
| Jones, Paul N. | 0.2% | 5 | 2,756 | 2,761 |
| Weiss, Daniel H. | 7.2% | 135 | 1,729 | 1,864 |
| Shahan, Kenneth | 5.2% | 93 | 1,698 | 1,791 |
| Fluke, Randall L. | 16.2% | 230 | 1,189 | 1,419 |
| Ferguson, Jason D. | 10.8% | 114 | 941 | 1,055 |
| Brown, Anthony | 3.2% | 20 | 597 | 617 |
| Gross, Kevin | 2.5% | 17 | 662 | 679 |
| Green, David | 6.0% | 25 | 392 | 417 |
| Martin, Robert | 2.6% | 11 | 417 | 428 |
| Douglas Richard J. | 0.9% | 4 | 420 | 424 |
| Dictson, Deborah | 0.0% | 0 | 386 | 386 |
| Famada, Omar J. | 4.4% | 16 | 351 | 367 |
| Hermus, Jason | 1.6% | 6 | 373 | 379 |
| Etienne, Darian R. | 0.5% | 1 | 216 | 217 |
| Celis, Martin | 0.0% | 0 | 156 | 156 |
| Sherwood, Daniel K. | 0.0% | 0 | 143 | 143 |
| Merkt, Dixon | 3.1% | 4 | 127 | 131 |
| 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
Fiscal years 2020–2026 (Oct 2019 – Sep 2026).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1.7% | 507 | 28,598 | 29,105 |
| Honduras | 0.3% | 98 | 28,512 | 28,610 |
| Venezuela | 1.5% | 327 | 20,924 | 21,251 |
| Guatemala | 0.4% | 61 | 14,886 | 14,947 |
| El Salvador | 1.9% | 167 | 8,725 | 8,892 |
| Nicaragua | 0.7% | 35 | 4,960 | 4,995 |
| Colombia | 0.5% | 21 | 3,979 | 4,000 |
| Cuba | 7.2% | 104 | 1,347 | 1,451 |
| Peru | 0.6% | 6 | 1,053 | 1,059 |
| Nigeria | 19.3% | 173 | 722 | 895 |
| Ecuador | 0.5% | 4 | 789 | 793 |
| Romania | 0.6% | 4 | 704 | 708 |
| Turkey | 23.0% | 65 | 217 | 282 |
| India | 11.2% | 28 | 222 | 250 |
| China | 19.8% | 34 | 138 | 172 |
| Cameroon | 32.5% | 52 | 108 | 160 |
| Bolivia | 0.6% | 1 | 159 | 160 |
| Brazil | 3.8% | 6 | 151 | 157 |
| Vietnam | 12.9% | 18 | 122 | 140 |
| Jordan | 13.6% | 18 | 114 | 132 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 131 | 131 |
| Kenya | 24.2% | 29 | 91 | 120 |
| Egypt | 43.2% | 51 | 67 | 118 |
| Afghanistan | 31.2% | 35 | 77 | 112 |
| Sri Lanka | 5.7% | 6 | 100 | 106 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 5.8% | 6 | 97 | 103 |
| Pakistan | 20.4% | 20 | 78 | 98 |
| Dominican Republic | 3.1% | 3 | 93 | 96 |
| Zimbabwe | 17.8% | 16 | 74 | 90 |
| Panama | 4.8% | 4 | 79 | 83 |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | 79 | 79 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 79 | 79 |
| Congo | 5.9% | 4 | 64 | 68 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 68 | 68 |
| Nepal | 10.6% | 7 | 59 | 66 |
| Russia | 29.1% | 16 | 39 | 55 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 49 | 49 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| Iran | 39.1% | 18 | 28 | 46 |
| Syria | 26.2% | 11 | 31 | 42 |
| Iraq | 37.1% | 13 | 22 | 35 |
| Ghana | 14.3% | 5 | 30 | 35 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| Israel | 6.2% | 2 | 30 | 32 |
| Holland | 0.0% | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| South Korea | 32.3% | 10 | 21 | 31 |
| Ethiopia | 51.7% | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| Argentina | 13.8% | 4 | 25 | 29 |
| Bangladesh | 7.4% | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| Eritrea | 51.9% | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| Zambia | 12.5% | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| Ukraine | 40.0% | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| Niger | 10.0% | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| Uganda | 25.0% | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| Philippines | 15.8% | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 5.9% | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Burundi | 37.5% | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| Canada | 12.5% | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Jamaica | 6.2% | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| South Africa | 14.3% | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| Uzbekistan | 7.1% | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Malawi | 27.3% | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Hungary | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 33.3% | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Armenia | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Lebanon | 62.5% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Uruguay | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Laos | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Portugal | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Belarus | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Rwanda | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Gambia | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Palestine | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Somalia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 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 |
| Taiwan | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Tanzania | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Cambodia | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |