The Honorable Immigration Judge David Wetmore
Pearsall, TX Immigration Court
Appointed 2020 · President Donald Trump → Attorney General William P. Barr (AG inferred from date)
6 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Republican administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge David Wetmore earned a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Miami University and a Juris Doctor with High Honors from The George Washington University Law School. He clerked for U.S. District Judge Gordon J. Quist and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Daniel A. Manion, practiced as an appellate litigator at Sidley Austin LLP and Jenner & Block LLP, and served as an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. He was appointed to the Board of Immigration Appeals around 2020 and later served as its Chairman.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
27
Completions per year
27 total
100%
Detained at decision
share of cases
0.5 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
0%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
0%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
This judge has no asylum decisions on the merits in this period (since 2021).
Representation comparison unavailable.
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).