29 judges · TX
The Houston, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 2.9% across 45,388 decided cases. The court has 29 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Houston, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 2.9% 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. (26,751 total cases), Law, Philip S. (20,189 total cases), and Brisack, Chris A. (19,422 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (16,814 decided, 1.3% grant rate), Guatemala (7,617 decided, 0.8% grant rate), and El Salvador (6,062 decided, 3.2% 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 2026-05-08. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterson, William C. | 4.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Law, Philip S. | 15.3% | 104 | 576 | 680 |
| Brisack, Chris A. | 2.4% | 61 | 2,453 | 2,514 |
| Brown, Robert | 14.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zimmer, William K. | 21.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Endelman, Gary E. | 5.9% | 240 | 3,821 | 4,061 |
| Yam, Mimi | 17.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhagat, Nimmo | 7.3% | 305 | 3,863 | 4,168 |
| Luis, Lisa | 0.7% | 7 | 1,044 | 1,051 |
| Picos, Georgina M. | 5.5% | 166 | 2,864 | 3,030 |
| Gemoets, Marcos | 3.9% | 137 | 3,333 | 3,470 |
| Harris, Monique | 11.8% | 215 | 1,614 | 1,829 |
| Brown, Sam, IV | 2.3% | 92 | 3,875 | 3,967 |
| Nguyen, Bao Q. | 7.2% | 261 | 3,347 | 3,608 |
| Osborn, Joshua D. | 3.3% | 124 | 3,648 | 3,772 |
| Ramos, Maritza S. | 3.7% | 108 | 2,818 | 2,926 |
| Wang, Lynn | 1.6% | 42 | 2,514 | 2,556 |
| Vail, Joseph | 29.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gorman, Stephanie | 80.8% | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| Hartnett, Sarah | 3.9% | 72 | 1,791 | 1,863 |
| FENELON, ZAHRA JIVANI | 2.7% | 40 | 1,438 | 1,478 |
| Hughes, Erica | 3.0% | 35 | 1,150 | 1,185 |
| Mcguirk, Erica J. | 1.5% | 16 | 1,064 | 1,080 |
| Marks, Stephanie J. | 22.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Archuleta, Judy | 5.5% | 24 | 411 | 435 |
| Castrolugo, Elisa | 4.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hines Jr, Glen Ray. | 6.8% | 5 | 69 | 74 |
| Jaroch, Brandon | 4.0% | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| Visiting Judge 15 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 1.3% | 222 | 16,592 | 16,814 |
| Guatemala | 0.8% | 59 | 7,558 | 7,617 |
| El Salvador | 3.2% | 192 | 5,870 | 6,062 |
| Mexico | 8.8% | 517 | 5,357 | 5,874 |
| Venezuela | 15.1% | 369 | 2,077 | 2,446 |
| Nicaragua | 5.7% | 120 | 1,990 | 2,110 |
| Colombia | 1.9% | 24 | 1,234 | 1,258 |
| Cuba | 15.2% | 155 | 866 | 1,021 |
| Nigeria | 28.4% | 103 | 260 | 363 |
| Turkey | 26.3% | 51 | 143 | 194 |
| Ecuador | 2.1% | 4 | 190 | 194 |
| Peru | 0.5% | 1 | 181 | 182 |
| China | 42.1% | 69 | 95 | 164 |
| Dominican Republic | 1.5% | 2 | 128 | 130 |
| India | 22.5% | 27 | 93 | 120 |
| Pakistan | 50.0% | 57 | 57 | 114 |
| Romania | 4.5% | 4 | 85 | 89 |
| Iraq | 66.1% | 39 | 20 | 59 |
| Brazil | 4.9% | 2 | 39 | 41 |
| Jordan | 20.5% | 8 | 31 | 39 |
| Cameroon | 50.0% | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| Afghanistan | 2.8% | 1 | 35 | 36 |
| Belize | 8.3% | 3 | 33 | 36 |
| Vietnam | 48.5% | 16 | 17 | 33 |
| Sri Lanka | 12.9% | 4 | 27 | 31 |
| Kenya | 29.6% | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| Haiti | 4.3% | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| Angola | 4.5% | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Syria | 65.0% | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| Russia | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Bangladesh | 26.7% | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Egypt | 69.2% | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Lebanon | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Ethiopia | 27.3% | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Jamaica | 63.6% | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Iran | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 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 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Libya | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Tanzania | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Holland | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Sudan | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Canada | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Burkina Faso | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Philippines | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |