# Jason Hermus Immigration Judge · [Dallas Immigration Court](/kyj/court/tx/dallas-immigration-court) Last updated October 25, 2026 ## Jason Hermus at a glance Current role Immigration Judge Court [Dallas Immigration Court](/kyj/court/tx/dallas-immigration-court) Current assignment [Dallas Immigration Court](/kyj/court/tx/dallas-immigration-court) Jurisdiction Texas · Federal Judicial service Active Historical EOIR data ## Outcomes at a glance Total outcomes 340 Relief granted 6 1.8% Denied / removal ordered 299 87.9% Other / procedural 35 10.3% 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 Asylum decisions and other statistics ## Analytics Published EOIR records include 192 asylum outcomes associated with this judge. Asylum was granted in 1 (0.5%) and denied in 191 (99.5%); 0 were other or procedural outcomes. [Explore analytics](#analytics) ## Biography ### Professional career - Appointed by Attorney General Pamela Bondi under the Trump administration to begin hearing cases in March 2026 - Immigration judge at the Dallas, Texas Immigration Court, appointed in March 2026, with a record of extremely low asylum grant rates compared to national and court averages - an assistant district attorney with the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office in Dallas in various positions including as a trial prosecutor in numerous county and district courts, a division chief of the Public Integrity Division, chief of the Homicide Intake Unit, and in the last six years he served as a legal division director over the Gang/Community Response Division, the Organized Crime Division, the Specialized Crime Division, the Fraud and White Collar Crime Units, and the Elder Abuse Unit — November 2002–February 2026 ### Education - Southern Methodist University — J.D. (2002) ### Additional information - Representation: 99% of respondents were represented by counsel. - In summary: Judge Jason Hermus is a newly appointed Dallas immigration judge with a long prosecutorial career in Texas, now handling immigration cases with a record of extremely low asylum grant rates, significantly below both court and national norms. - Judge Hermus is a member of the State Bar of Texas. ## Sources Identity source checked August 19, 2026 . Biography sources checked October 10, 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 ### Find an Immigration Court and Access Internet-Based Hearings Judge Specific source · HTML · Source checked September 14, 2026 ### 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.