Immigration judge

Walton, Richard D.

Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court

How current these figures are

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

232

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.

1.1%

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%Mar 2012Dec 2012Oct 2013Dec 2015Month each 12-month window ends2.2%35.5% — 12 months ending Mar 2012 (31 decisions)43.6% — 12 months ending Apr 2012 (39 decisions)46.8% — 12 months ending May 2012 (47 decisions)42.1% — 12 months ending Jun 2012 (57 decisions)46.4% — 12 months ending Jul 2012 (56 decisions)44.4% — 12 months ending Aug 2012 (63 decisions)41.2% — 12 months ending Sep 2012 (68 decisions)36.8% — 12 months ending Oct 2012 (76 decisions)34.2% — 12 months ending Nov 2012 (76 decisions)34.2% — 12 months ending Dec 2012 (79 decisions)33.7% — 12 months ending Jan 2013 (83 decisions)32.5% — 12 months ending Feb 2013 (83 decisions)32.1% — 12 months ending Mar 2013 (84 decisions)30.1% — 12 months ending Apr 2013 (83 decisions)25.0% — 12 months ending May 2013 (84 decisions)22.6% — 12 months ending Aug 2013 (62 decisions)33.3% — 12 months ending Oct 2013 (48 decisions)2.3% — 12 months ending Jun 2015 (87 decisions)2.2% — 12 months ending Dec 2015 (90 decisions)

The line is broken where this record has no decisions for several months. It is left open rather than joined, because joining it would imply decisions that were never recorded.

19 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
November 20191Not reported
December 20153Not reported
June 2015300.0%
May 201516Not reported
April 201513Not reported
March 20155Not reported
February 201512Not reported
January 201511Not reported
April 20141Not reported
March 20141Not reported
October 20134Not reported
August 20131Not reported
May 20139Not reported
April 20137Not reported
March 20138Not reported
February 20134Not reported
January 20137Not reported
December 20124Not reported
November 20124Not reported
October 201211Not reported
September 20127Not reported
August 20129Not reported
July 20124Not reported
June 201210Not 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 April 2006 through November 2019; nothing filed or decided after November 2019 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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