Immigration judge

Paulissen, Walter L.

Pearsall Immigration Court

How current these figures are

Captured October 23, 2026 — 13 days ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

279

Lifetime decisions on record

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

Not reported

Fewer than 25 decisions on record. A percentage drawn from so few decisions would be misleading, so it is withheld rather than shown.

6.2%

FY2026 court average

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%May 2020Jan 2021Oct 2021Jun 2022Feb 2023Dec 2023Month each 12-month window ends4.3%9.6% — 12 months ending May 2020 (83 decisions)9.5% — 12 months ending Jun 2020 (84 decisions)9.9% — 12 months ending Jul 2020 (81 decisions)11.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2020 (80 decisions)11.4% — 12 months ending Sep 2020 (79 decisions)18.4% — 12 months ending Oct 2020 (76 decisions)17.7% — 12 months ending Dec 2020 (62 decisions)19.4% — 12 months ending Jan 2021 (62 decisions)20.7% — 12 months ending Feb 2021 (58 decisions)36.7% — 12 months ending Mar 2021 (60 decisions)37.3% — 12 months ending Apr 2021 (59 decisions)39.0% — 12 months ending May 2021 (59 decisions)44.2% — 12 months ending Jun 2021 (52 decisions)46.7% — 12 months ending Jul 2021 (60 decisions)48.2% — 12 months ending Aug 2021 (54 decisions)44.4% — 12 months ending Oct 2021 (45 decisions)48.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2021 (50 decisions)46.9% — 12 months ending Jan 2022 (49 decisions)49.1% — 12 months ending Feb 2022 (53 decisions)39.4% — 12 months ending May 2022 (33 decisions)40.0% — 12 months ending Jun 2022 (35 decisions)34.6% — 12 months ending Aug 2022 (26 decisions)31.0% — 12 months ending Sep 2022 (29 decisions)24.2% — 12 months ending Oct 2022 (33 decisions)16.1% — 12 months ending Nov 2022 (31 decisions)17.6% — 12 months ending Dec 2022 (34 decisions)16.7% — 12 months ending Jan 2023 (36 decisions)8.6% — 12 months ending Feb 2023 (35 decisions)9.5% — 12 months ending Mar 2023 (42 decisions)9.3% — 12 months ending Apr 2023 (54 decisions)8.9% — 12 months ending May 2023 (56 decisions)9.6% — 12 months ending Aug 2023 (52 decisions)9.3% — 12 months ending Sep 2023 (54 decisions)8.2% — 12 months ending Oct 2023 (61 decisions)6.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2023 (67 decisions)4.3% — 12 months ending Dec 2023 (69 decisions)

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

Monthly decisions

Showing the most recent 24 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
February 20251Not reported
December 20235Not reported
November 20239Not reported
October 202314Not reported
September 20235Not reported
August 20233Not reported
May 20234Not reported
April 202312Not reported
March 20237Not reported
February 20234Not reported
January 20236Not reported
December 20223Not reported
November 20223Not reported
October 20227Not reported
September 20223Not reported
August 20223Not reported
July 20221Not reported
June 20223Not reported
May 20222Not reported
February 20225Not reported
January 20224Not reported
November 20215Not reported
October 20213Not reported
August 20211Not reported

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 October 23, 2026, 13 days ago. The record covers decisions from November 2018 through February 2025; nothing filed or decided after February 2025 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.

Open the source data — Deportation Data Project

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