Immigration court

Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court

Houston, TX, 77002

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How current these figures are

Captured September 24, 2026 — 23 days ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

Quick answer

Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court is one of the U.S. immigration courts in this record. The court-wide asylum grant rate in the release is 5.1%. Individual judges at the same court differ substantially, so open a judge below for their own figures. These are historical figures, not a prediction about any case.

FY2025 court average

5.1%

The latest complete fiscal year (Oct 2024 - Sep 2025), not a lifetime figure.

31,629

Decisions on record

83

Judges

Court location

Mickey Leland Federal Building, 1919 Smith Street, 14th Floor

Houston, TX, 77002

Grant-rate trend

Each point is the grant rate across the 12 months ending in that month — a rolling window, not a single month on its own. A point appears only where those 12 months hold at least 25 decisions. A rolling window covers a much shorter span than the lifetime figure above, so the two can differ materially; both are correct measures of different periods.

0%25%50%75%100%Sep 2023Apr 2024Nov 2024Jun 2025Jan 2026Aug 2026Month each 12-month window ends1.1%14.1% — 12 months ending Sep 2023 (1,595 decisions)14.3% — 12 months ending Oct 2023 (1,504 decisions)15.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2023 (1,398 decisions)15.5% — 12 months ending Dec 2023 (1,311 decisions)15.3% — 12 months ending Jan 2024 (1,213 decisions)15.5% — 12 months ending Feb 2024 (1,165 decisions)14.5% — 12 months ending Mar 2024 (1,106 decisions)13.7% — 12 months ending Apr 2024 (1,069 decisions)13.7% — 12 months ending May 2024 (1,071 decisions)13.6% — 12 months ending Jun 2024 (1,091 decisions)12.4% — 12 months ending Jul 2024 (1,076 decisions)11.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2024 (1,079 decisions)10.5% — 12 months ending Sep 2024 (1,091 decisions)10.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2024 (1,143 decisions)10.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2024 (1,189 decisions)10.7% — 12 months ending Dec 2024 (1,239 decisions)9.9% — 12 months ending Jan 2025 (1,328 decisions)8.8% — 12 months ending Feb 2025 (1,553 decisions)8.0% — 12 months ending Mar 2025 (1,812 decisions)6.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2025 (2,080 decisions)6.7% — 12 months ending May 2025 (2,287 decisions)6.5% — 12 months ending Jun 2025 (2,478 decisions)6.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2025 (2,759 decisions)5.7% — 12 months ending Aug 2025 (2,948 decisions)5.1% — 12 months ending Sep 2025 (3,115 decisions)4.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2025 (3,284 decisions)4.4% — 12 months ending Nov 2025 (3,391 decisions)3.7% — 12 months ending Dec 2025 (3,540 decisions)3.3% — 12 months ending Jan 2026 (3,715 decisions)3.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2026 (3,705 decisions)2.6% — 12 months ending Mar 2026 (3,709 decisions)2.4% — 12 months ending Apr 2026 (3,801 decisions)2.0% — 12 months ending May 2026 (3,884 decisions)1.5% — 12 months ending Jun 2026 (4,338 decisions)1.3% — 12 months ending Jul 2026 (4,486 decisions)1.1% — 12 months ending Aug 2026 (4,605 decisions)

5 months are not plotted: the 12 months ending there held fewer than 25 decisions.

Judges on record at this court

Judges at this court, with lifetime grant rate and decisions on record
JudgeDecisions
Bhagat, Nimmo5,112
Endelman, Gary E.4,124
Brown, Sam, IV2,720
Picos, Georgina M.2,163
Yates, Clarease Rankin2,093
Khan, Anwer A.2,000
Greenstein, Saul E.1,856
Harris, Monique1,706
Zimmer, William K.1,247
Brisack, Chris A.1,104
Law, Philip S.1,097
Wang, Lynn1,081
Gorman, Stephanie678
Ramos, Maritza S.663
FENELON, ZAHRA JIVANI469
Peterson, William C.334
Yam, Mimi326
Mcguirk, Erica J.242
Walton, Richard D.232
Luis, Lisa227
Greenbaum, Scott V.226
Brown, Robert191
Benton, Jimmie Lee178
Parikh, Kiera170
May, Jennifer A.165
Hartnett, Sarah153
Muneer, Revathi147
Vail, Joseph129
Castrolugo, Elisa62
Suarez, Michael K.61
Tida, Abdias E.61
Pobjecky, Artie40
Jamadar, Richard A.33
Winkle, Howard Van32
Rose, Howard31
Sydnor, Kelley N30
Bales, Eric C.28
Hart, Brandon L.26
Freeman, D'Anna H.25
Cheeks, Demetrius24
Guidry, Monica Thompson24
Thielemann, Christopher J.21
Leonard, Joseph T.19
Eller, Donald R., JR.18
Martinez, Hugo R.17
Archuleta, Judy15
Burgess, Abraham L.14
Jacobs, Richard C.14
Ellison, Sarah M.11
Savage, Patrick S.11
Kandler, Edward R.10
Nguyen, Bao Q.10
Recio, Irene M.10
Wagner, Clarence M., JR.10
Young, Elizabeth L.10
Ayze, Thomas8
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.8
Hom, Howard C.8
Hughes, Erica8
Schools, Shelly W.7
Uddin, Marium S.6
Hsu, Lily C5
Videla, Gabriel C.5
Adkins-Blanch, Charles4
Rahill, Michael F.4
John-Baptiste, Allan3
Mahasa, Zakia3
Sharp, Noelle3
Araneta, Michelle2
Bashore, Jacob D.2
Behne, Audra R.2
Cordero Gonzalez, Miguel A.2
Duck, John A., JR.2
Lucic, Nicholas B.2
Nugent, James A.2
Onyewuchi, Morris I.2
Powell, Robert L.2
Dean, Larry R.1
Gemoets, Marcos1
Lee, Alexander1
Midgley, Ian D.1
Osborn, Joshua D.1
Sapp, Billy J.1

Source and method

These figures come from case data released by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) under the Freedom of Information Act, published by the Deportation Data Project. Imigrar did not produce or estimate them.

Captured on September 24, 2026, 23 days ago. The record covers decisions from December 1997 through August 2026; nothing filed or decided after August 2026 appears here.

Grant rates are historical aggregates. They describe decisions already made. They do not predict the outcome of any individual case, and no figure on this page should be read as a forecast of what will happen in yours.

This page is informational only and is not legal advice. Reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Only the official EOIR record is authoritative.

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