Houston, TX Immigration Court

20 judges with decisions since 2021 · Court asylum grant rate 10.4% (9,546 decisions)
Judges (most asylum decisions first)
Gary E EndelmanHouston, TXAppointed June 2015 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
14.4%asylum · 1,067 decisions
Nimmo BhagatHouston, TXAppointed June 2015 · President Barack Obama → AG Eric H. Holder Jr.
14%asylum · 1,062 decisions
Anwer A KhanHouston, TXAppointed March 2019 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
8%asylum · 1,014 decisions
Sam Brown IVHouston, TXAppointed March 2019 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
2%asylum · 1,005 decisions
Maritza S RamosHouston, TXAppointed March 2022 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
8.5%asylum · 882 decisions
Saul E GreensteinHouston, TXAppointed October 2010 · President Barack Obama → AG Eric H. Holder Jr.
10.9%asylum · 860 decisions
Bao Q NguyenHouston, TXAppointed October 2019 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
19.8%asylum · 805 decisions
Marcos GemoetsHouston, TXAppointed September 2017 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
7.8%asylum · 701 decisions
Lynn WangHouston, TXAppointed January 2020 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
4.4%asylum · 686 decisions
Georgina M PicosHouston, TXAppointed June 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
12%asylum · 607 decisions
ZAHRA JIVANI FENELONHouston, TXAppointed August 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
6%asylum · 365 decisions
Erica HughesHouston, TXAppointed December 2021 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
3.7%asylum · 189 decisions
Sarah HartnettHouston, TXAppointed December 2021 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
41.6%asylum · 166 decisions
Kiera ParikhHouston, TXAppointed March 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi
0%asylum · 107 decisions
Richard D WaltonHouston, TXAppointed April 1995 · President Bill Clinton → AG Janet Reno
17.6%⚠asylum · 17 decisions
Lisa LuisHouston, TXAppointed October 2010 · President Barack Obama → AG Eric H. Holder Jr.
0%⚠asylum · 9 decisions
Stephanie GormanHouston, TXAppointed February 2017 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
0%⚠asylum · 4 decisions
Demetrius Tavares CheeksHouston, TXAppointed July 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi
—no asylum merits
Eric C BalesHouston, TXAppointed October 2018 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
—no asylum merits
Larry R DeanHouston, TX
—no asylum merits
William K ZimmerHouston, TX
—no asylum merits