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.

Yates, Clarease Rankin

21,082 cases · 350d median

Brisack, Chris A.

18,451 cases · 164d median

Law, Philip S.

18,420 cases · 176d median

Bhagat, Nimmo

15,150 cases · 617d median

Endelman, Gary E.

14,393 cases · 618d median

Zimmer, William K.

12,017 cases · 195d median

Brown, Sam, IV

10,276 cases · 811d median

Khan, Anwer A.

9,704 cases · 758d median

Picos, Georgina M.

9,658 cases · 688d median

Nguyen, Bao Q.

8,938 cases · 846d median

Gemoets, Marcos

8,468 cases · 825d median

Yam, Mimi

8,420 cases · 149d median

Wang, Lynn

7,218 cases · 448d median

Ramos, Maritza S.

6,934 cases · 903d median

Brown, Robert

6,164 cases · 81d median

Hartnett, Sarah

4,746 cases · 204d median

Hughes, Erica

2,750 cases · 1444d median

FENELON, ZAHRA JIVANI

2,630 cases · 351d median

Gorman, Stephanie

2,243 cases · 545d median

Mcguirk, Erica J.

1,493 cases · 411d median

Parikh, Kiera

1,329 cases · 794d median

Vail, Joseph

764 cases · 92d median

Muneer, Revathi

762 cases · 539d median

Castrolugo, Elisa

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.