The Honorable Immigration Judge Dean S Tuckman

El Paso — Service Processing Center, TX Immigration Court
Appointed November 2016 · President Barack Obama → Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch
9 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration

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Caseload & process (since 2021)
1,234
Completions per year
7,406 total
61.2%
Detained at decision
share of cases
1.2 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
0.8%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
1.7%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
14.7%
Appeals remanded or reversed
68 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.
20%
Bond requests granted
1,773 bond decisions High confidence
$5,000
Median bond when set
348 bonds with amounts
0%
Released on own recognizance
This judge 20%
Court average 32.8% · median $4,000
National 41.9% · median $6,500

Grant rates by type of relief

Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
 21.2% 184 decisions Moderate
Withholding / CAT
 5% 418 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
 10% 50 decisions Moderate
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
 69.2%⚠ 26 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
 40%⚠ 15 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
 51.8% 683 decisions High confidence
21.2%
of asylum claims granted on the merits Moderate
Based on 184 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
21.2%
This court
16.8%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the bottom 43% of the 825 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 · 109 decisions since 2021
24.8%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 75 decisions since 2021
16%

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 (31.8%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%2016: 0% of 1 decisions0%20162017: 0% of 27 decisions0%20172018: 0% of 35 decisions0%20182019: 14.3% of 28 decisions14.3%20192020: 47.1% of 17 decisions47.1%20202021: 33.3% of 6 decisions33.3%20212022: 66.7% of 33 decisions66.7%20222023: 31.2% of 32 decisions31.2%20232024: 5.9% of 68 decisions5.9%20242025: 3.2% of 31 decisions3.2%20252026 (partial year): 0% of 14 decisions0%2026*
* 2026 is a partial year (data through 06/01/2026) 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).
El Paso, TX · home court
6,216 (84%)
Otero, NM
707 (9.5%)
El Paso, TX
275 (3.7%)
Harlingen, TX
208 (2.8%)