Judge Martinez, Anibal D.

8.8%

Approval Rate

140

Granted

1,804

Denied

1,944

Total Decided

Judge Martinez, Anibal D. serves at the San Antonio, TX Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 8.8%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Community Discussion

DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Martinez (San Antonio, TX) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 20% to 2% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Martinez, Anibal D. (IJ code ADM, San Antonio, TX):

Overall track record

22 years on the bench (since 2005), 11,451 cases total, lifetime grant rate 8.6%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,909 cases, grant rate 5.7% — roughly in line with the San Antonio court average (4.8%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Mexico                 515    4.1%
Honduras               511    0.5%
Nicaragua              394    8.7%
Cuba                   369   25.0%
Venezuela              339   10.6%
Guatemala              245    0.6%
Colombia               152    2.6%
Ecuador                 77    6.9%
El Salvador             74    6.5%
Dominican Republic      44    0.0%
Peru                    36    5.3%

Year-by-year

2023:  453 cases, 19.9% grant rate
2024:  734 cases, 8.0% grant rate
2025: 1121 cases, 2.4% grant rate
2026:  601 cases, 1.7% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Martinez, I'd love to hear:

1. What's your nationality, and when was your most recent hearing?

2. How did your attorney prepare for this judge specifically?

Source: EOIR (U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review) public statistics, May 2026 release, compiled by AsylumTracker. A judge's historical pattern does not predict the outcome of any individual case; this is shared to help set realistic expectations. Real-experience accounts from the community are welcome.

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How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Martinez, Anibal D. is listed with the San Antonio, TX Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 8.8% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Honduras (486 decided, 1.2% grant rate), Nicaragua (370 decided, 8.9% grant rate), and Mexico (360 decided, 9.4% grant rate). Compare these rows with the judge's overall rate because nationality mix can materially change how the headline number should be read.

Grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.

This page is based on public EOIR data last updated 2026-05-08. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

Read the grant-rate methodology or learn how to read immigration judge statistics.

Approval Rate by Nationality

Nationality	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
Honduras	1.2%	6	480	486
Nicaragua	8.9%	33	337	370
Mexico	9.4%	34	326	360
Venezuela	14.0%	28	172	200
Guatemala	2.3%	4	168	172
Colombia	2.4%	2	80	82
El Salvador	5.7%	4	66	70
Ecuador	6.2%	4	61	65
Cuba	25.6%	10	29	39
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	29	29
Peru	5.3%	1	18	19
Nepal	84.6%	11	2	13
Romania	0.0%	0	8	8
Sri Lanka	0.0%	0	7	7
Haiti	0.0%	0	4	4
Turkey	0.0%	0	4	4
Brazil	0.0%	0	3	3
Pakistan	0.0%	0	3	3
Russia	0.0%	0	3	3
Cameroon	50.0%	1	1	2
Democratic Republic Of Congo	100.0%	2	0	2
Afghanistan	0.0%	0	2	2
China	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	3.0%	6	197	203
2025	2.4%	18	738	756
2024	8.0%	39	448	487
2023	19.9%	39	157	196
2022	10.3%	7	61	68
2021	64.7%	11	6	17
2020	11.3%	31	243	274