Appointed October 2018 · President Donald Trump→ Attorney General Jeff Sessions(AG inferred from date)
7 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Republican administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Brent H. Landis earned a Bachelor of Science in 1982 from Metropolitan State University and a Juris Doctor in 1985 from DePaul University. Before his appointment, he served as a senior attorney with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Phoenix (2000-2018) and as an attorney with the Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Air Force (1989-2011). Earlier he was a staff attorney at Levine, Shifrin & Associates in Schaumburg, Illinois (1986-1987).
Caseload & process (since 2021)
1,349
Completions per year
8,093 total
12.2%
Detained at decision
share of cases
18 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
31.1%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
9.7%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
13.3%
Appeals remanded or reversed
150 appeals decided
Bond decisions
Custody redetermination (bond) rulings since 2021.
"Granted" means the judge lowered the bond, ordered release on recognizance, or otherwise granted the request.
45.7%
Bond requests granted
127 bond decisions Moderate
$10,000
Median bond when set
74 bonds with amounts
0%
Released on own recognizance
This judge 45.7%
Court average 49.3% · median $8,000
National 41.7% · median $6,500
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
4.3%
769 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
1.6%
1,379 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
8.8%
57 decisions Moderate
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
50%⚠
6 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
47.6%⚠
21 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
84%
212 decisions High confidence
4.3%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 769 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
4.3%
This court
6.3%
National average
29.9%
0%100% granted
In the bottom 11% of the 889 judges nationally with enough cases to compare.
Does a lawyer matter here?
Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyerrepresented · 602 decisions since 2021
5.3%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 167 decisions since 2021
0.6%
Asylum grant rate over time
Each point is that calendar year's grant rate, back to 2015 where the judge was deciding cases — the longer career view. Dashed grey line = current national average (29.9%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
* 2026 is a partial year (data through 08/01/2026) and is incomplete.
Courts where this judge has decided cases
Hearing locations for cases this judge completed since 2021, by number of decisions.
Many judges hear cases from more than one court (detained facilities, video dockets, or reassignments).