The Honorable Immigration Judge Kevin Gross

Dallas, TX Immigration Court
Appointed March 2026 · President Donald Trump Attorney General Pamela Bondi
Less than a year on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Republican administration

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Background

The Honorable Immigration Judge Kevin Gross earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2001 from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William and Mary. His career has included service as a staff attorney at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, commonwealth's attorney positions in Virginia, and, from April 2021 to February 2026, service as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar and was appointed as an immigration judge in March 2026.

Caseload & process (since 2021)
121
Completions per year
242 total
0.4%
Detained at decision
share of cases
28.2 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
43.2%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
18.6%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 1 appeals — too few

Grant rates by type of relief

Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
1.4% 69 decisions Moderate
Withholding / CAT
0% 112 decisions Moderate
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
0% 4 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
0% 1 decision Too few cases
Voluntary departure
73.9% 23 decisions Too few cases
1.4%
of asylum claims granted on the merits Moderate
Based on 69 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
1.4%
This court
14.1%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the bottom 3% 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 · 63 decisions since 2021
1.6%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 6 decisions since 2021
0%

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).
Dallas, TX · home court
238 (98%)
3 (1.2%)
1 (0.41%)