Dallas immigration court
Address
Dallas Immigration Court: 1100 Commerce Street, Suite 1060, Dallas, TX 75242
Court decisions over 12 months
In plain words
Fewer than 1 in 100 cases decided in this court got relief (284 of 63,541).
7 of every 10 cases were decided in absentia, without the person at the hearing. Going to your hearing is the most important thing you can do.
With and without an attorney, the share with relief was similar (2.0 % and 0.0 %).
Of the 63,541 decisions in this court, 284 ended with relief, 4,702 with the case closed, 3,263 with voluntary departure and 55,292 with a removal order.
| Outcome | Decisions | % |
|---|---|---|
| Relief | 284 | 0.4 % |
| Case closed | 4,702 | 7.4 % |
| Voluntary departure | 3,263 | 5.1 % |
| Removal order | 55,292 | 87.0 % |
| Decided in absentia | 45,895 | 72.2 % |
This court and the nation
With the Dallas court, the share of cases with relief is 0.4 %: lower than nationwide (2.4 %).
With the Dallas court, the share of removal orders is 87.0 %: higher than nationwide (75.6 %).
With the Dallas court, the share of cases decided in absentia is 72.2 %: higher than nationwide (45.3 %).
With the Dallas court, the share of people with an attorney is 21.9 %: lower than nationwide (38.1 %).
Cases with the Dallas court take longer than nationwide: a median of 926 days versus 793.
With and without an attorney
| Decisions | Relief | |
|---|---|---|
| With an attorney | 13,933 | 2.0 % |
| Without an attorney | 49,608 | 0.0 % |
Compared with other courts
- Ranked 68 of 71 courts for relief (1 = most relief).
- Ranked 5 of 71 courts for cases decided in absentia (1 = most in absentia).
Decisions per month (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)
The busiest month was Aug 2026 (8,688 decisions) and the quietest Dec 2025 (2,653).
| Month | Decisions | Relief | In absentia | Vs. prior month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 3,648 | 27 | 2,868 | — |
| Oct 2025 | 3,851 | 20 | 2,832 | up |
| Nov 2025 | 3,146 | 13 | 2,464 | down |
| Dec 2025 | 2,653 | 13 | 1,879 | down |
| Jan 2026 | 3,331 | 8 | 2,273 | up |
| Feb 2026 | 5,016 | 11 | 3,269 | up |
| Mar 2026 | 5,907 | 30 | 3,907 | up |
| Apr 2026 | 5,653 | 16 | 3,584 | down |
| May 2026 | 5,107 | 31 | 3,614 | down |
| Jun 2026 | 8,161 | 39 | 6,306 | up |
| Jul 2026 | 8,380 | 19 | 6,398 | up |
| Aug 2026 | 8,688 | 57 | 6,501 | up |
Months with fewer than 5 decisions are dotted: with so few cases, that month's percentage says little.
Judges at this court
33 judges have this as their main court in the window (2 with limited data). The one who decided the most was Jennifer Winfield, with 6,159 decisions.
Sorted by decisions over 12 months. The label compares each judge with the other judges in the court.
| Judge | Decisions | Relief | In absentia | Vs. the court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judge Jennifer Winfield | 6,159 | 0.4 % | 71.4 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge Xiomara Diana Davis-Gumbs | 5,913 | 0.3 % | 81.7 % | Less relief: Less relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge James F. Polivka | 5,479 | 0.2 % | 73.6 % | Less relief: Less relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge James A. Nugent | 5,328 | 0.0 % | 80.4 % | Less relief: Less relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Deitrich H. Sims | 5,191 | 0.2 % | 77.0 % | Less relief: Less relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Christopher J. Thielemann | 4,964 | 0.2 % | 77.1 % | Less relief: Less relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Richard R. Ozmun | 4,379 | 0.3 % | 83.3 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge Hugo R. Martinez | 3,363 | 1.0 % | 58.4 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Attila Bogdan | 3,068 | 0.2 % | 66.8 % | Less relief: Less relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Brandon L. Hart | 2,903 | 1.3 % | 67.1 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Tara Naselow-Nahas | 2,749 | 1.3 % | 55.7 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Lorely Ramirez Fernandez | 2,585 | 0.6 % | 62.7 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge John A. Poore | 2,582 | 0.2 % | 87.4 % | Less relief: Less relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Paul N. Jones | 2,335 | 0.2 % | 86.6 % | Less relief: Less relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Jennifer A. May | 1,959 | 1.1 % | 55.3 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Richard C. Jacobs | 1,704 | 1.0 % | 52.1 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Cait Irwin | 1,170 | 1.5 % | 60.9 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Kenneth Shahan | 1,144 | 0.4 % | 51.4 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge Allan John-Baptiste | 1,062 | 1.9 % | 17.3 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Randall L. Fluke | 692 | 6.1 % | 13.2 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Charissa Dvorak | 619 | 0.7 % | 56.9 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge Kevin Gross | 572 | 2.3 % | 38.5 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge David Green | 502 | 4.6 % | 31.1 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Robert Martin | 419 | 2.4 % | 16.2 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Jason Hermus | 339 | 1.8 % | 15.6 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Douglas Richard J. | 332 | 1.2 % | 34.3 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Omar J. Famada | 314 | 3.8 % | 15.3 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Deborah Dictson | 282 | 0.0 % | 34.4 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge Sarah M. Ellison | 240 | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge Darian R. Etienne | 123 | 0.8 % | 13.8 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge Martin Celis | 97 | 0.0 % | 11.3 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge Barbara Whelan | 33 | limited data | limited data | Limited data: Not enough data to compare |
| Judge Robert Herrington | 2 | limited data | limited data | Limited data: Not enough data to compare |