Houston (HOU) Immigration Court

208,263

Total Cases

120

Judges

Case Outcomes

Share of all cases at this court by outcome, 1997–present.

Remove118,470 (60%)

Dismissed By IJ22,223 (11%)

Failure To Prosecute (DHS Cases Only)15,424 (8%)

Voluntary Departure13,625 (7%)

Terminated12,502 (6%)

Relief Granted12,084 (6%)

Administrative Closing - Other1,528 (1%)

Other340 (0%)

Judges

Immigration judges assigned to this court, by case volume.

Clarease Rankin Yates

21,082 cases · 350d median

Chris A. Brisack

18,451 cases · 164d median

Philip S. Law

18,420 cases · 176d median

Nimmo Bhagat

15,150 cases · 617d median

Gary E. Endelman

14,393 cases · 618d median

William K. Zimmer

12,017 cases · 195d median

Sam Brown, IV

10,276 cases · 811d median

Anwer A. Khan

9,704 cases · 758d median

Georgina M. Picos

9,658 cases · 688d median

Bao Q. Nguyen

8,938 cases · 846d median

Marcos Gemoets

8,468 cases · 825d median

Mimi Yam

8,420 cases · 149d median

Lynn Wang

7,218 cases · 448d median

Maritza S. Ramos

6,934 cases · 903d median

Robert Brown

6,164 cases · 81d median

Sarah Hartnett

4,746 cases · 204d median

Erica Hughes

2,750 cases · 1444d median

ZAHRA JIVANI FENELON

2,630 cases · 351d median

Stephanie Gorman

2,243 cases · 545d median

Erica J. Mcguirk

1,493 cases · 411d median

Kiera Parikh

1,329 cases · 794d median

Joseph Vail

764 cases · 92d median

Revathi Muneer

762 cases · 539d median

Elisa Castrolugo

367 cases · 881d median

Source: EOIR case data via the Deportation Data Project. SeeData & Methodology.

Compiled from public U.S. immigration and court records. Informational only — not legal advice; verify against the primary source.