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El Paso Immigration Court

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Immigration court analytics

Current assignments and source-period outcomes are shown separately

Current Immigration Judges: 10 · Temporary Immigration Judges: 0 · Assistant Chief Immigration Judges: 1 · Other EOIR judicial leadership: 0 · Total judicial personnel: 11.

Current Immigration Judges with direct TRAC reports: 3.

Current aggregate decisions: 4,128
Any relief granted: 32.8%
Denied: 67.2%

Current benchmark period: FY 2021 - 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: 2,196
Completed / closed cases: 5,069
Average wait time for completed cases: 563 days
Backlog: 9,256
Average days waited so far: 1,235 days
Average days until hearing: 1,470 days
Represented among completed cases: 33.1%N=1,676 / 5,069
Detained among completed cases: 2.1%N=107 / 5,069
Completed in absentia: 49.2%N=2,495 / 5,069

Completed-case outcome mix

Outcome	Cases (N)	Share of completed cases
Removal Order	3,630	71.6%
Terminate Proceedings	889	17.5%
Voluntary Departure	272	5.4%
No NTA Filed	78	1.5%
Grant Relief	58	1.1%
Other Closure	119	2.3%
Credible Fear - not found	1	0.0%
Reasonable Fear - not found	1	0.0%
Withholding Only - relief not granted	2	0.0%
Credible Fear - found	1	0.0%
Asylum Only - relief not granted	6	0.1%
Asylum Only - other	5	0.1%
Credible Fear - other	7	0.1%

View FY2025 comparison

FY2025

New proceedings: 3,913
Completed / closed cases: 10,604
Average wait time for completed cases: 356 days
Backlog: 12,500
Average days waited so far: 994 days
Average days until hearing: 709 days
Represented among completed cases: 21.9%N=2,324 / 10,604
Detained among completed cases: 6.7%N=709 / 10,604
Completed in absentia: 34.3%N=3,635 / 10,604

Completed-case outcome mix

Outcome	Cases (N)	Share of completed cases
Removal Order	5,538	52.2%
Terminate Proceedings	3,655	34.5%
No NTA Filed	63	0.6%
Grant Relief	168	1.6%
Voluntary Departure	232	2.2%
Other Closure	307	2.9%
Credible Fear - not found	371	3.5%
Credible Fear - found	234	2.2%
Withholding Only - relief not granted	4	0.0%
Witholding Only - other	4	0.0%
Credible Fear - other	27	0.3%
Other Case Type Completed	1	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.

Court and U.S. annual outcomes

Exact aggregate fiscal-year counts

Fiscal year	El Paso Immigration Court cases (N)	El Paso Immigration Court any relief	El Paso Immigration Court denied	U.S. any relief	U.S. denied
FY2021	155	93.5%	6.5%	43.9%	56.1%
FY2022	289	61.2%	38.8%	51.1%	48.9%
FY2023	475	70.3%	29.7%	53.0%	47.0%
FY2024	530	45.5%	54.5%	51.1%	48.9%
FY2025	1,149	14.2%	85.8%	30.7%	69.3%
FY2026	539	11.3%	88.7%	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

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

El Paso Immigration Court · primary

Physical address: 700 E. San Antonio Avenue, Suite 750 El Paso, TX 79901
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Main phone: (915) 534-6020
General inquiries: ElPaso.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov
Public hours: Public Hours: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Filing-window hours: Window Filing Hours: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Parking: The El Paso Court is accessible from the El Paso
Public transit: Metro bus line and is within walking distance to a bus stop. There is a pay parking lot on the east side of the Federal Building and some metered parking spots around the building and nearby streets.
Building access: There are both magnatometers and x-ray machines that visitors and employees must go through for entrance into the Federal Building at the north entrance.
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: (915) 534-6020
General inquiries: ElPaso.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov
Asylum EAD Clock contact: Asylum.Clock.ElPaso@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 Federal Building at the north entrance.

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

Judith F. Bonilla
Nathan L. Herbert
Graciela M. Jiron
Vincent Malainy
Susanna Martinez
James J. Miller Jr.
Kyle Myers
Michael Matthew Osterberg
Danny Razo
Tod M. Thedy

Temporary immigration judges

Steven Meredith (temporary assignment)

ACIJ: Nathan Herbert
Backup ACIJ: Melissa Joy Garcia
Court administrator: Luz Juarez (Acting)

Jurisdiction and other hearing locations

Administrative-control jurisdiction

Assigned responsibility: SAN ANTONIO, TX - DHS DISTRICT OFFICE (including any sub-offices)Compass Connections TFC 2330 N. Loop 1604 West Suite 300 San Antonio, TX 78248Jack Harwell Detention Center Other hearing locations:

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 Nathan Herbert (NHB)

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Telephonic access code: 199 450 6867

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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Judith Bonilla (JFB)

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Telephonic access code: 199 320 8764

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Graciela M. Jiron (GAJ)

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Telephonic access code: 2828 870 7360

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Vincent Malainy (VTM)

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Telephonic access code: 2824 580 6550

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Susanna Martinez (SMZ)

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Telephonic access code: 2818 335 3458

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Steven Meredith (STM)

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Telephonic access code: 2818 580 8738

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James Miller Jr. (JMJ)

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Telephonic access code: 199 465 3448

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Kyle Myers (KMS)

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Telephonic access code: 2824 835 3390

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Michael Matthew Osterberg (MMO)

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Telephonic access code: 2828 365 4551

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Danny Razo (DYR)

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Telephonic access code: 2760-110-0099

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Tod M. Thedy (TMT)

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Telephonic access code: 2818 588 0325

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