# Brent Carr

Immigration Judge · [Adelanto Immigration Court](/kyj/court/ca/adelanto-immigration-court)

Last updated October 25, 2026

## Brent Carr at a glance

Current role

Immigration Judge

Court

[Adelanto Immigration Court](/kyj/court/ca/adelanto-immigration-court)

Current assignment

[Adelanto Immigration Court](/kyj/court/ca/adelanto-immigration-court)

Jurisdiction

California · Federal

Judicial service

Active

## Hearings & court access

EOIR publishes the following court assignment and hearing-access information for this judge. The hearing notice and current EOIR instructions control whether a particular hearing is remote or in person.

### [Adelanto Immigration Court](/kyj/court/ca/adelanto-immigration-court)

Assigned court

[Adelanto Immigration Court](/kyj/court/ca/adelanto-immigration-court)

Webex / internet

[Join EOIR Webex ↗](https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Brent.Carr)

Telephone access

2821 328 2684

Hearing links and telephone access are for parties to scheduled internet-based hearings. Visitors should attend the scheduled courtroom in person. Unrepresented respondents default to in-person hearings regardless of the directory entry. Confirm the hearing medium with the hearing notice and court. For a telephonic hearing, dial 1-415-527-5035 and enter the listed access code. Recording or photographing the hearing is prohibited.

[EOIR hearing directory ↗](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/find-immigration-court-and-access-internet-based-hearings) · verified September 7, 2026

Historical EOIR data

## Outcomes at a glance

Total outcomes

145

Relief granted

7 4.8%

Denied / removal ordered

102 70.3%

Other / procedural

36 24.8%

National comparison for this selection: 9,249,024 outcomes; 10.0% relief granted; 52.0% denied / removal ordered; 38.0% other / procedural.

Methodology and sources

These are proceeding outcomes, not asylum application statistics. Completion years use EOIR COMP_DATE; 2026 contains partial-year data. Relief granted, denied / removal ordered and other / procedural exhaust the recorded outcomes. Groups of one are included. Historical outcomes do not establish a current assignment. Counts describe recorded cases and do not predict an individual's result.

[Official EOIR case data](https://fileshare.eoir.justice.gov/EOIR%20Case%20Data.zip) · Source date: Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:14:27 GMT

## Biography

### Professional career

- 1983-Jan 2022: Tarrant County District Attorney's Office / Tarrant County Criminal Court Nine; assistant district attorney through 1991, then presiding judge
- From 1983 to January 2022, he was with the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office in Fort Worth
- Texas, first serving as an assistant district attorney through 1991, before assuming the position of presiding judge of Tarrant County Criminal Court Nine.
- During this time, he also served as the local administrative judge for all county courts for 20 years

### Education

- South Texas College of Law — J.D. (1983)
- University of Tampa — B.A. (1975)

### Additional information

- Appointed to begin hearing cases in May 2026 at Adelanto Immigration Court.
- Recent service included jurist-in-residence work for the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health
- U.S. Marine Corps veteran.
- His recent activities include serving as a jurist in residence for the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health as well as a governor’s appointee to the Texas specialty court advisory council.
- He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and admitted to federal practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Texas and before the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

## Sources

Identity source checked August 19, 2026 .

Biography sources checked August 19, 2026 .

### DOJ EOIR current immigration judge directory

Identity source · HTML · Source checked August 19, 2026

### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 2.1 - Delivery and Receipt

Courtwide source · HTML · Source checked July 30, 2026

### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 2.3 - Documents

### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.10 - Interpreters

### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.11 - Courtroom Decorum

### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.12 - Electronic Devices

### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.15 - Individual Calendar Hearing

### Find an Immigration Court and Access Internet-Based Hearings

### Current EOIR official staff directory

Current EOIR Official Staff Directory source · HTML · Source checked October 7, 2026

[Public Records & Data Use](/public-records-data-use) · [Corrections policy](/corrections)


## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [EOIR Practice Manual 2.1 — Delivery and Receipt](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-c9195b4f0bba01a19aa8df41) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-2-1). Collected 2026-10-27.
- [EOIR Practice Manual 3.11 — Courtroom Decorum](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8d8e8e8bf80478864645291a) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-3-11). Collected 2026-10-27.
- [EOIR Practice Manual 2.3 — Documents](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-53ee093be24c18a5d1a93046) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-2-3). Collected 2026-10-27.
