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Judge Wayne K. Houser, JR.

Immigration Judge at Atlanta, GA

7.8%
Approval Rate
950
Granted
11,259
Denied
12,209
Total Decided

Judge Wayne K. Houser, JR. serves at the Atlanta, GA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 7.8%, 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

Wayne K. Houser, JR. is listed with the Atlanta, GA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 7.8% 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 (76 decided, 5.3% grant rate), Guatemala (38 decided, 2.6% grant rate), and Cuba (21 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 76 5.3%
Guatemala 38 2.6%
Cuba 21 0.0%
Honduras 18 0.0%
Nicaragua 14 0.0%
India 8 0.0%
El Salvador 6 0.0%
Venezuela 5 0.0%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2020 220 4.5%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Wayne K. Houser, JR.'s asylum approval rate?

Judge Wayne K. Houser, JR.'s asylum approval rate is 7.8% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Wayne K. Houser, JR. decided?

The dataset lists 12,209 total asylum cases for Judge Wayne K. Houser, JR..

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.

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Rast, G. M. 6.9% approval rate Maldonado, Njeri B. 1.8% approval rate Chapman, Kevin Jerome. 17.2% approval rate Fisher, Ryan 1.4% approval rate Taylor, Philip P. 0.9% approval rate Doughty, Blake 2.7% approval rate Haer, Amy Fairchild 1.9% approval rate Smikle, Suzette 1.4% approval rate Murray, Winfield W. 2.7% approval rate Bell, Jennifer R. 1.2% approval rate

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