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Judge Deitrich H. Sims

Immigration Judge at Dallas, TX

4.8%
Approval Rate
1,165
Granted
22,935
Denied
24,100
Total Decided

Judge Deitrich H. Sims serves at the Dallas, TX Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 4.8%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Deitrich H. Sims is listed with the Dallas, TX Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 4.8% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Mexico (2,243 decided, 1.2% grant rate), Honduras (1,782 decided, 0.2% grant rate), and Venezuela (1,393 decided, 0.0% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 2026-07-01. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

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

Nationality Breakdown

NationalityCasesGrant rate
Mexico 2,243 1.2%
Honduras 1,782 0.2%
Venezuela 1,393 0.0%
Guatemala 847 0.4%
El Salvador 557 0.9%
Nicaragua 422 0.0%
Colombia 362 0.0%
Cuba 121 1.7%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2026 3,375 0.3%
2025 2,416 0.3%
2024 1,301 0.7%
2023 633 1.7%
2022 191 7.3%
2021 27 3.7%
2020 260 5.4%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Deitrich H. Sims's asylum approval rate?

Judge Deitrich H. Sims's asylum approval rate is 4.8% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Deitrich H. Sims decided?

The dataset lists 24,100 total asylum cases for Judge Deitrich H. Sims.

How is this approval rate calculated?

The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.

Other judges at this court

Nugent, James A. 3.0% approval rate Rogers, D. Anthony 5.6% approval rate Ozmun, Richard R. 3.7% approval rate Zuniga, Bertha A. 9.4% approval rate Hughes, Edwin R. 20.7% approval rate Copeland, Cary H. 18.8% approval rate Baird, Michael P. 5.1% approval rate Davis-Gumbs, Xiomara Diana 4.1% approval rate Naselow-Nahas, Tara 6.8% approval rate Thielemann, Christopher J. 2.0% approval rate

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