# Paul N. Jones Immigration Judge · [Dallas Immigration Court](/kyj/court/tx/dallas-immigration-court) Last updated October 7, 2026 ## Paul N. Jones at a glance Current role Immigration Judge Court [Dallas Immigration Court](/kyj/court/tx/dallas-immigration-court) Jurisdiction Texas · Federal Judicial service Active Historical EOIR data ## Outcomes at a glance Total outcomes 2,348 Relief granted 4 0.2% Denied / removal ordered 2,187 93.1% Other / procedural 157 6.7% 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 88 asylum outcomes associated with this judge. Asylum was granted in 1 (1.1%) and denied in 87 (98.9%); 0 were other or procedural outcomes. [Explore analytics](#analytics) ## Biography ### Professional career - Officially invested as an immigration judge by Attorney General Pamela Bondi on March 11, 2026, under the Trump administration - Immigration judge appointed in March 2026 to the Dallas, Texas Immigration Court, with a background in federal law enforcement, state government, and immigration enforcement - assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Dallas and Laredo, Texas — February 2025–March 2026 - an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, in Alpine, Pecos, and Midland, Texas — September 2025–November 2025 - partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in Dallas — January 2022–January 2023 - senior assistant attorney general at the Texas Attorney General’s Office in Austin, Texas — April 2020–January 2022 - a litigation attorney at ICE, DHS, in Dallas — September 2007–November 2008 - a litigation attorney at the National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Washington, D.C — July 2001–September 2007 - Litigation Attorney, U.S. DHS/ICE — Dallas, TX - Litigation Attorney, U.S. Department of Energy — Albuquerque, NM, and Washington, D.C ### Education - George Washington University Law School — LL.M., Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2003 - University of New Mexico — M.P.A., 2000 - University of New Mexico School of Law — J.D. (1999) - Menlo College — B.A., English and History, 1995 ### Additional information - senior attorney at the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in Austin, Texas — May 2023–January 2024 - an assistant general counsel with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington D.C. and Dallas — August 2017–September 2019 - general counsel at the Texas Workforce Commission in Austin, Texas — December 2008–September 2016 - Assistant General Counsel, FBI — represented the Bureau in labor and employment matters in Washington, D.C., and Dallas, TX - Judge Jones is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, District of Columbia Bar, State Bar of Massachusetts, Mississippi Bar, State Bar of New Mexico, and State Bar of Texas. - He now presides over cases in the Dallas, TX Immigration Court, part of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). ## 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 15, 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.