Stewart immigration court
Address
Stewart Immigration Court: 146 CCA Road, PO Box 248, Lumpkin, GA 31815
Court decisions over 12 months
In plain words
Out of every 100 cases decided in this court, 1 got relief. Very few cases end with relief.
0 of every 100 cases were decided in absentia, that is, without the person at the hearing.
With and without an attorney, the share with relief was similar (3.2 % and 0.1 %).
Of the 10,447 decisions in this court, 105 ended with relief, 404 with the case closed, 5,397 with voluntary departure and 4,541 with a removal order.
| Outcome | Decisions | % |
|---|---|---|
| Relief | 105 | 1.0 % |
| Case closed | 404 | 3.9 % |
| Voluntary departure | 5,397 | 51.7 % |
| Removal order | 4,541 | 43.5 % |
| Decided in absentia | 1 | 0.0 % |
This court and the nation
With the Stewart court, the share of cases with relief is 1.0 %: lower than nationwide (2.4 %).
With the Stewart court, the share of removal orders is 43.5 %: lower than nationwide (75.6 %).
With the Stewart court, the share of cases decided in absentia is 0.0 %: lower than nationwide (45.3 %).
With the Stewart court, the share of people with an attorney is 29.8 %: lower than nationwide (38.1 %).
Cases with the Stewart court take less time than nationwide: a median of 46 days versus 793.
With and without an attorney
| Decisions | Relief | |
|---|---|---|
| With an attorney | 3,114 | 3.2 % |
| Without an attorney | 7,333 | 0.1 % |
Compared with other courts
- Ranked 57 of 71 courts for relief (1 = most relief).
- Ranked 66 of 71 courts for cases decided in absentia (1 = most in absentia).
Decisions per month (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)
The busiest month was Apr 2026 (1,190 decisions) and the quietest Dec 2025 (697).
| Month | Decisions | Relief | In absentia | Vs. prior month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 946 | 11 | 1 | — |
| Oct 2025 | 940 | 17 | 0 | down |
| Nov 2025 | 701 | 16 | 0 | down |
| Dec 2025 | 697 | 14 | 0 | down |
| Jan 2026 | 881 | 11 | 0 | up |
| Feb 2026 | 942 | 5 | 0 | up |
| Mar 2026 | 1,014 | 8 | 0 | up |
| Apr 2026 | 1,190 | 5 | 0 | up |
| May 2026 | 856 | 4 | 0 | down |
| Jun 2026 | 751 | 8 | 0 | down |
| Jul 2026 | 810 | 1 | 0 | up |
| Aug 2026 | 719 | 5 | 0 | down |
Months with fewer than 5 decisions are dotted: with so few cases, that month's percentage says little.
Judges at this court
10 judges have this as their main court in the window. The one who decided the most was Bianca, H Brown, with 2,134 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 Bianca, H Brown | 2,134 | 0.7 % | 0.0 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge Jerrica A. Harness | 1,470 | 1.2 % | 0.0 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge Steven B. Fuller | 1,343 | 1.0 % | 0.0 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge George James, JR. Ward | 1,108 | 2.3 % | 2.1 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge James Ward | 483 | 0.8 % | 0.0 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge Melissa I. Isaak | 259 | 2.3 % | 15.4 % | More relief: More relief than the other judges in this court |
| Judge Kevin D. Stroberg | 213 | 1.9 % | 0.0 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge Kyle A. Pearson | 176 | 1.1 % | 0.6 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge Chad Bayse | 141 | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |
| Judge Ashley Lassiter | 113 | 0.0 % | 20.3 % | Similar: Relief similar to the other judges in this court |