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Yates, Clarease Rankin

Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court

How current these figures are

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

Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court

2,092

Lifetime decisions on record

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

7.8%

257 decisions · 12 months ending June 2020

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%May 2017Dec 2017Jul 2018Feb 2019Sep 2019Jun 2020Month each 12-month window ends7.8%24.3% — 12 months ending May 2017 (70 decisions)24.7% — 12 months ending Jun 2017 (77 decisions)24.7% — 12 months ending Jul 2017 (73 decisions)25.9% — 12 months ending Aug 2017 (81 decisions)25.6% — 12 months ending Sep 2017 (82 decisions)25.0% — 12 months ending Oct 2017 (84 decisions)22.6% — 12 months ending Nov 2017 (84 decisions)22.5% — 12 months ending Dec 2017 (80 decisions)22.7% — 12 months ending Jan 2018 (88 decisions)18.2% — 12 months ending Feb 2018 (110 decisions)14.5% — 12 months ending Mar 2018 (117 decisions)13.7% — 12 months ending Apr 2018 (124 decisions)12.1% — 12 months ending May 2018 (141 decisions)11.2% — 12 months ending Jun 2018 (143 decisions)15.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2018 (160 decisions)17.1% — 12 months ending Aug 2018 (170 decisions)18.0% — 12 months ending Sep 2018 (183 decisions)17.3% — 12 months ending Oct 2018 (191 decisions)16.5% — 12 months ending Nov 2018 (194 decisions)16.8% — 12 months ending Dec 2018 (202 decisions)16.1% — 12 months ending Jan 2019 (193 decisions)18.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2019 (180 decisions)18.3% — 12 months ending Mar 2019 (186 decisions)20.3% — 12 months ending Apr 2019 (182 decisions)19.1% — 12 months ending May 2019 (199 decisions)19.3% — 12 months ending Jun 2019 (207 decisions)16.1% — 12 months ending Jul 2019 (211 decisions)11.8% — 12 months ending Aug 2019 (221 decisions)9.2% — 12 months ending Sep 2019 (251 decisions)8.0% — 12 months ending Oct 2019 (324 decisions)8.1% — 12 months ending Nov 2019 (356 decisions)8.9% — 12 months ending Dec 2019 (361 decisions)9.4% — 12 months ending Jan 2020 (363 decisions)9.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2020 (355 decisions)9.1% — 12 months ending Mar 2020 (331 decisions)7.8% — 12 months ending Jun 2020 (257 decisions)

5 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
June 20202Not reported
March 20202Not reported
February 20203Not reported
January 20205Not reported
December 201915Not reported
November 2019437.0%
October 2019863.5%
September 2019452.2%
August 2019336.1%
July 201923Not reported
June 201923Not reported
May 2019414.9%
April 201912Not reported
March 2019267.7%
February 201911Not reported
January 20193Not reported
December 201810Not reported
November 201811Not reported
October 201813Not reported
September 201815Not reported
August 201823Not reported
July 201819Not reported
June 201815Not reported
May 201824Not reported

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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 January 1998 through June 2020; nothing filed or decided after June 2020 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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