Judge Horton, Monte J.

Immigration Judge at Cleveland, OH

5.7%

Approval Rate

129

Granted

3,191

Denied

3,320

Total Decided

Judge Horton, Monte J. serves at the Cleveland, OH Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 5.7%, 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 Horton (Cleveland, OH) data snapshot: 5,660 cases over 19 years, 5.5% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Horton, Monte J. (IJ code MEH, Cleveland, OH):

Overall track record

19 years on the bench (since 2008), 5,660 cases total, lifetime grant rate 5.5%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 3,636 cases, grant rate 3.3% — roughly in line with the Cleveland court average (2.9%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Mexico                 615    2.7%
Guatemala              591    2.1%
Honduras               516    0.8%
Venezuela              350    2.8%
Nicaragua              323    1.7%
Haiti                  148    0.0%
Colombia               136    6.0%
Brazil                 113    0.0%
El Salvador             97    5.9%
Ecuador                 70    0.0%
Cuba                    65    0.0%

Year-by-year

2023:  709 cases, 4.9% grant rate
2024:  765 cases, 6.3% grant rate
2025: 1312 cases, 1.8% grant rate
2026:  850 cases, 0.8% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Horton, 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

Horton, Monte J. is listed with the Cleveland, OH Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 5.7% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Guatemala (727 decided, 1.2% grant rate), Mexico (510 decided, 4.9% grant rate), and Honduras (509 decided, 2.0% 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 2026-05-08. 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
Guatemala	1.2%	9	718	727
Mexico	4.9%	25	485	510
Honduras	2.0%	10	499	509
Nicaragua	1.5%	5	326	331
Venezuela	3.0%	7	229	236
Haiti	0.0%	0	139	139
El Salvador	4.3%	6	132	138
Brazil	0.0%	0	111	111
Colombia	6.3%	7	104	111
Uzbekistan	5.2%	3	55	58
Ecuador	8.9%	5	51	56
Mauritania	11.9%	5	37	42
Peru	8.6%	3	32	35
India	11.5%	3	23	26
Turkey	0.0%	0	25	25
Ghana	25.0%	6	18	24
Senegal	30.4%	7	16	23
Cuba	21.1%	4	15	19
Dominican Republic	5.3%	1	18	19
Russia	27.8%	5	13	18
Kazakhstan	0.0%	0	15	15
Jordan	7.1%	1	13	14
Chile	0.0%	0	13	13
Jamaica	9.1%	1	10	11
Nigeria	27.3%	3	8	11
China	0.0%	0	9	9
Ukraine	0.0%	0	8	8
Cameroon	25.0%	2	6	8
Afghanistan	0.0%	0	8	8
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	0.0%	0	6	6
Guinea	16.7%	1	5	6
Libya	100.0%	6	0	6
Pakistan	0.0%	0	5	5
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	5	5
Mongolia	0.0%	0	4	4
Angola	50.0%	2	2	4
Somalia	25.0%	1	3	4
Sri Lanka	0.0%	0	3	3
Burkina Faso	0.0%	0	3	3
Vietnam	0.0%	0	3	3
Congo	0.0%	0	3	3
Chad	0.0%	0	3	3
Iran	0.0%	0	3	3
Bangladesh	50.0%	1	1	2
Iraq	0.0%	0	2	2
Sierra Leone	0.0%	0	2	2
Kenya	0.0%	0	1	1
Georgia	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	0.6%	2	354	356
2025	1.8%	17	937	954
2024	6.3%	43	641	684
2023	4.9%	27	529	556
2022	5.9%	27	430	457
2021	6.9%	13	176	189
2020	9.1%	26	260	286

Community Discussion

Judge Horton (Cleveland, OH) data snapshot: 5,660 cases over 19 years, 5.5% grant rate

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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