Court directory

Dallas Immigration Court

Assigned Judges

No current-serving judge assignments are indexed for this court.

Immigration court analytics

Current assignments and source-period outcomes are shown separately

Current Immigration Judges: 20 · Temporary Immigration Judges: 0 · Assistant Chief Immigration Judges: 1 · Other EOIR judicial leadership: 0 · Total judicial personnel: 21.

Current Immigration Judges with direct TRAC reports: 8.

Current aggregate decisions: 14,856
Any relief granted: 29.5%
Denied: 70.5%

Current benchmark period: TRAC decisions through June 2026. This is a court aggregate, not an individual judge result.

Current courtwide metrics

Courtwide statistics, not this judge's outcomes

FY2026/YTD through June 2026

New proceedings: 14,080
Completed / closed cases: 43,231
Average wait time for completed cases: 992 days
Backlog: 153,267
Average days waited so far: 962 days
Average days until hearing: 1,621 days
Represented among completed cases: 17.4%N=7,531 / 43,231
Detained among completed cases: 0.1%N=61 / 43,231
Completed in absentia: 69.5%N=30,045 / 43,231

Completed-case outcome mix

Outcome	Cases (N)	Share of completed cases
Removal Order	36,365	84.1%
Terminate Proceedings	3,752	8.7%
Voluntary Departure	2,339	5.4%
No NTA Filed	393	0.9%
Grant Relief	183	0.4%
Other Closure	98	0.2%
Credible Fear - not found	2	0.0%
Reasonable Fear - not found	2	0.0%
Withholding Only - relief not granted	9	0.0%
Asylum Only - relief not granted	10	0.0%
Asylum Only - other	58	0.1%
Witholding Only - other	16	0.0%
Credible Fear - other	3	0.0%
Other Case Type Completed	1	0.0%

View FY2025 comparison

FY2025

New proceedings: 21,974
Completed / closed cases: 53,257
Average wait time for completed cases: 1,013 days
Backlog: 192,610
Average days waited so far: 797 days
Average days until hearing: 1,980 days
Represented among completed cases: 12.7%N=6,776 / 53,257
Detained among completed cases: 0.2%N=89 / 53,257
Completed in absentia: 47.2%N=25,126 / 53,257

Completed-case outcome mix

Outcome	Cases (N)	Share of completed cases
Removal Order	28,434	53.4%
Terminate Proceedings	8,395	15.8%
No NTA Filed	14,701	27.6%
Grant Relief	481	0.9%
Voluntary Departure	593	1.1%
Other Closure	360	0.7%
Credible Fear - not found	169	0.3%
Credible Fear - found	30	0.1%
Withholding Only - relief not granted	20	0.0%
Witholding Only - other	19	0.0%
Credible Fear - other	26	0.0%
Pros. Discretion	4	0.0%
Asylum Only - other	13	0.0%
Withholding Only - relief granted	2	0.0%
Asylum Only - relief not granted	4	0.0%
Other Case Type Completed	6	0.0%

Sources

Source period: FY2026/YTD through June 2026 · FY2025. Exact denominators are shown as N/n where available.

TRAC source periods: Fiscal Year NTA Dated=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Fiscal Year=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Represented=Represented; Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Custody=Detained; Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Hearing Attendance=Not Present at Last Hearing (Absentia Decision); Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Granted; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Not Granted; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Withdraw; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Removal Order · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Terminate Proceedings · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Voluntary Departure · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=No NTA Filed · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Grant Relief · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Other Closure · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Witholding Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Other Case Type Completed · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - other · Fiscal Year NTA Dated=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Fiscal Year=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Represented=Represented; Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Custody=Detained; Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Hearing Attendance=Not Present at Last Hearing (Absentia Decision); Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Granted; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Not Granted; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Withdraw; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Removal Order · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Terminate Proceedings · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=No NTA Filed · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Grant Relief · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Voluntary Departure · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Other Closure · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Witholding Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Pros. Discretion · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Other Case Type Completed · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=NACARA - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=NACARA - other.

TRAC filters: Fiscal Year NTA Dated=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Fiscal Year=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Represented=Represented · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Custody=Detained · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Hearing Attendance=Not Present at Last Hearing (Absentia Decision) · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Granted · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Not Granted · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Withdraw · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Removal Order · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Terminate Proceedings · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Voluntary Departure · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=No NTA Filed · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Grant Relief · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Other Closure · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Witholding Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Other Case Type Completed · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - other · Fiscal Year NTA Dated=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Fiscal Year=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Represented=Represented · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Custody=Detained · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Hearing Attendance=Not Present at Last Hearing (Absentia Decision) · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Granted · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Not Granted · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Withdraw · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Removal Order · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Terminate Proceedings · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=No NTA Filed · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Grant Relief · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Voluntary Departure · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Other Closure · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Witholding Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Pros. Discretion · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Other Case Type Completed · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=NACARA - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=NACARA - other.

Provenance: TRAC table_json.php exact value; no estimation. Retrieved 2026-09-06.

Direct same-period judge outcome spread

7 direct reports · FY 2021 - 2026* · denial range 21.2%–97.4%.

P25 60.4% · median 73.4% · P75 89.8% · IQR 29.4%.

View historical TRAC report associations

Christopher Thielemann · N=545 · denied 58.2% · TRAC report
Deitrich Sims · N=765 · denied 84.3% · TRAC report
James Nugent · N=236 · denied 21.2% · TRAC report
Jason Hermus · N=116 · denied 97.4% · TRAC report
Jennifer Winfield · N=571 · denied 73.4% · TRAC report
Kevin Gross · N=126 · denied 95.2% · TRAC report
Xiomara Davis-Gumbs · N=550 · denied 62.5% · TRAC report

These historical report associations are separate from the current court roster. Cohorts require at least five direct reports for the same report court and reporting period.

Court and U.S. annual outcomes

Exact aggregate fiscal-year counts

Fiscal year	Dallas Immigration Court cases (N)	Dallas Immigration Court any relief	Dallas Immigration Court denied	U.S. any relief	U.S. denied
FY2021	250	48.0%	52.0%	43.9%	56.1%
FY2022	824	34.1%	65.9%	51.1%	48.9%
FY2023	696	37.5%	62.5%	53.0%	47.0%
FY2024	605	52.9%	47.1%	51.1%	48.9%
FY2025	2,761	30.6%	69.4%	30.7%	69.3%
FY2026	3,615	21.7%	78.3%	12.9%	87.1%

Precomputed from exact TRAC aggregate counts; asylum granted + other relief granted = any relief granted, and outcomes sum to N. FY2026 is year-to-date through the published source cutoff. No values are interpolated. TRAC aggregate source · retrieved 2026-08-30. Methodology.

These figures cover completed asylum decisions in TRAC's published data, not all immigration-court matters. Outcomes may reflect case mix, representation, nationality, detention status, policy, and other factors; they are not a judge quality score. Read the methodology.

EOIR court information

OPEN

Current operational status: OPEN. This page reflects the current EOIR court directory record as verified 2026-08-18.

Dallas Immigration Court · primary

Physical address: 1100 Commerce Street, Suite 1060 Dallas, TX 75242
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Main phone: (214) 767-1814
General inquiries: Dallas.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov
Public hours: Public Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Filing-window hours: Window Filing Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Parking: The Dallas Court is within walking distance to both the DART Rail System (Akard or West End Train Stops) and the DART
Public transit: Bus System. There is limited parking on the street on the southside of the building by meter or a couple of pay-for parking lots on the south or west sides of the federal building.
Building access: There are both magnatometers and x-ray machines that visitors and employees must go through for entrance into the Earle Cabell Federal Building on either the north or south entrances.
Security instructions: Security information: All visitors to the immigration court must undergo a security screening through a metal detector machine as well as a handbag screening each time they visit the immigration court. Shoes may be required to be removed. Food and drinks are not allowed, except as specifically permitted by the immigration judge. Usage of cameras or recording devices in courtrooms or other EOIR space is prohibited. Note, however, that attorneys or accredited representatives of record and DHS attorneys representing the government in proceedings before EOIR are permitted to use electronic devices in EOIR courtrooms for the limited purpose of conducting immediately relevant court and business-related activities (e.g. scheduling).
ADA/accessibility: EOIR accessibility statement: https://www.justice.gov/accessibility/accessibility-statement

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Court contacts and access

Main phone: (214) 767-1814
General inquiries: Dallas.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov
Asylum EAD Clock contact: Asylum.Clock.Dallas@usdoj.gov
EOIR case-information phone: (800) 898-7180

Building access

There are both magnatometers and x-ray machines that visitors and employees must go through for entrance into the Earle Cabell Federal Building on either the north or south entrances.

Security instructions

Security information: All visitors to the immigration court must undergo a security screening through a metal detector machine as well as a handbag screening each time they visit the immigration court. Shoes may be required to be removed. Food and drinks are not allowed, except as specifically permitted by the immigration judge. Usage of cameras or recording devices in courtrooms or other EOIR space is prohibited. Note, however, that attorneys or accredited representatives of record and DHS attorneys representing the government in proceedings before EOIR are permitted to use electronic devices in EOIR courtrooms for the limited purpose of conducting immediately relevant court and business-related activities (e.g. scheduling).

ADA/accessibility

EOIR accessibility statement: https://www.justice.gov/accessibility/accessibility-statement

EOIR court links

Internet-based hearings

EOIR lists Internet-based hearing links and telephonic access codes in its current hearing directory. The hearing notice and current EOIR instructions control whether a particular hearing is remote or in person. Unrepresented respondents generally appear in person unless EOIR directs otherwise.

Source last verified 2026-08-18.

EOIR court personnel

Current immigration judges

Attila Bogdan
Xiomara Davis-Gumbs
Martin R. Celis
Deborah D. Dictson
Richard J. Douglas
Darian R. Etienne
Lorely Fernandez
Kevin Gross
Jason Hermus
Paul N. Jones
Robert L. Martin
James A. Nugent
Richard R. Ozmun
John A. Poore
Deitrich H. Sims
Christopher J. Thielemann
Jennifer A. Winfield

Temporary immigration judges

David G. Beyleryan (temporary assignment)

ACIJ: Tara Naselow-Nahas
Backup ACIJ: Daniel P
Court administrator: Barbara Baker

Jurisdiction and other hearing locations

Administrative-control jurisdiction

Assigned responsibility: DALLAS, TX - DHS DISTRICT OFFICE (including any sub-offices) Other hearing locations: Catholic Charities, Dallas, TX (Detained Juveniles); Campus Connections, Dallas, TX (Detained Juveniles)

Other hearing locations

Campus Connections, Dallas, TX (Detained Juveniles)
Catholic Charities, Dallas, TX (Detained Juveniles)

Judge hearing access

The EOIR directory lists the following current Internet-based hearing and telephonic access information for this court. The hearing notice and current EOIR instructions control whether a particular hearing is remote or in person.

ACIJ Tara Naselow-Nahas (TNN)

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Telephonic access code: 199 848 2215

Instructions: EOIR lists Internet-based hearing links and telephonic access codes in its current hearing directory. The hearing notice and current EOIR instructions control whether a particular hearing is remote or in person. Unrepresented respondents generally appear in person unless EOIR directs otherwise.

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Attila Bogdan (ATB)

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Telephonic access code: 2822 018 6602

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David G. Beyleryan (DBN)

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Telephonic access code: 2821 700 0685

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Martin R. Celis

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Telephonic access code: 2821 582 5137

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Deborah D. Dictson (DHD)

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Telephonic access code: 2818 731 8118

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Richard J. Douglas (RDS)

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Telephonic access code: 2822 300 4200

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Xiomara Davis-Gumbs (XDD)

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Telephonic access code: 199 726 1847

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Darian R. Etienne (DRE)

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Telephonic access code: 2819 404 6126

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Lorely Fernandez (LFZ)

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Telephonic access code: 199 274 1656

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Kevin Gross (GRK)

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Telephonic access code: 2821 465 6824

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Jason Hermus (JSH)

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Telephonic access code: 2831 530 0000

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Paul N. Jones (PAJ)

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Telephonic access code: 2822 267 4868

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Robert L. Martin (ROM)

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Telephonic access code: 2818 999 9241

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James Nugent (JN)

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Telephonic access code: 199 318 1880

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Richard Ozmun (RRO)

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Telephonic access code: 199 764 8875

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John A. Poore (AJP)

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Telephonic access code: 2830 214 6323

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Deitrich Sims (DHS)

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Telephonic access code: 199 190 0455

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Christopher Thielemann (CTN)

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Telephonic access code: 199 137 2899

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Jennifer Winfield (JNW)

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Telephonic access code: 2761 861 6425

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