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From FY2021 to FY2025, 106 of 479 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code GYH at Houston – S. Gessner Road were grants (22.13%) and 373 were denials (77.87%). In the same years, the court recorded 8.68% and the national figure was 37.33%. EOIR data through 2026-08-31; past records do not predict an individual case.

Recorded grant share · Houston – S. Gessner Road · HSG

Grants 106 · Denials 373 · N 479
95% interval: 18.64%–26.06%

Judge code GYH
22.13%N 479
Houston – S. Gessner Road
8.68%N 5,044
United States · all courts
37.33%N 367,995

Among comparable judge codes at this court

13 judge codes at this court have 100 or more grant-or-denial records in FY2021–FY2025. Their recorded grant shares range from 3.30% to 22.13%; the median is 7.28%.
FY2026 so far
4.85%268 records through 2026-08-31 · court: 1.72%
Record coverage
6 courts with recordsFY2017–FY2026 · 12 court-years · Courts are not pooled
Hearing dates on calendar
361 master · 2,003 individualHouston – S. Gessner Road · proceedings with hearing dates, 2026-09–2029-08Hearing schedule
Data through
2026-08-31EOIR records · official listing: Houston – S. Gessner Road, checked 2026-09-16Data and sources

Historical outcomes by court

Each row is a fiscal year at the court stored on the dated record. Courts are not pooled; an official listing never moves old results to a new court. Small groups remain visible and are labeled.

Judge figures group saved asylum outcomes by the judge code on each EOIR proceeding. The code identifies the assigned judge; these records do not verify who personally made every application decision. How judge figures work

Recorded grant share by fiscal year at Houston – S. Gessner Road

0%25%50%75%100%FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY20260.00%57.14%42.55%30.30%8.94%4.85%4.84%12.44%8.95%14.63%12.23%3.29%1.72%37.13%46.12%47.28%43.52%23.13%
  • Judge code GYH
  • Houston – S. Gessner Road
  • United States · all courts
National figures are published for FY2021–FY2025. A broken ring marks a value from fewer than 100 records.
Recorded grant and denial outcomes · EOIR dated records
Completion FYRecorded grant shareTotal (N)Grant recordsDenial records95% interval
Houston – S. Gessner Road · HSGExplore this court's full context
FY2026Partial year4.85%268132552.86%–8.12%
FY20258.94%246222245.98%–13.17%
FY202430.30%132409223.11%–38.61%
FY202342.55%Small sample94405433.04%–52.65%
FY202257.14%Small sample74325.05%–84.18%
FY20200.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
LaSalle · JNAExplore this court's full context
FY2026Partial year3.85%Small sample261250.68%–18.89%
FY20254.76%Small sample211200.85%–22.67%
Miami · MIAExplore this court's full context
FY20240.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Omaha · OMAExplore this court's full context
FY20240.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
San Diego · SNDExplore this court's full context
FY20230.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
New York - Federal Plaza · NYCExplore this court's full context
FY20170.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%

Small sample: fewer than 100 grant or denial records. This share can swing widely.

These records do not predict an individual result or measure judge quality. A person may have more than one proceeding.

Source cutoff: 2026-08-31 · eoir-2026-08-judge-records-v2 · Source files and checks · Attribution details

Historical grant and denial records by nationality

Nationality groups count grant and denial proceedings in FY2021–FY2025, not people.

The dated results have a different coverage period and do not contain individual nationality. Small groups can change sharply.

Recorded judge × court × nationality · FY2021–FY2025 and each fiscal year
Recorded nationalityFY2021–FY2025 · pooledTotal (N)Court · same nationalityFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Houston – S. Gessner Road
Honduras7.23%Small sample832.60% · N 1,0761 / 365 / 280 / 19——
El Salvador17.57%Small sample744.10% · N 9026 / 380 / 133 / 184 / 5—
Cuba23.08%Small sample659.51% · N 5365 / 497 / 133 / 3——
Nicaragua25.00%Small sample565.19% · N 3665 / 245 / 274 / 5——
Venezuela36.54%Small sample5216.05% · N 6481 / 293 / 615 / 17——
Colombia14.58%Small sample482.86% · N 2800 / 237 / 240 / 1——
Guatemala3.70%Small sample272.79% · N 3591 / 120 / 10 / 120 / 2—
Mexico5.26%Small sample191.13% · N 3540 / 151 / 30 / 1——
Turkiye100.00%Small sample967.44% · N 43—3 / 36 / 6——
Nigeria57.14%Small sample729.67% · N 910 / 34 / 4———
Romania71.43%Small sample717.24% · N 29—0 / 15 / 6——
Afghanistan80.00%Small sample560.00% · N 200 / 13 / 31 / 1——
China0.00%Small sample333.33% · N 390 / 10 / 2———
Peru0.00%Small sample30.00% · N 170 / 10 / 10 / 1——
Iraq100.00%Small sample264.29% · N 14——2 / 2——
Jordan0.00%Small sample20.00% · N 80 / 1—0 / 1——
Russia50.00%Small sample235.00% · N 20—1 / 2———
Angola100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 11 / 1————
Cameroon100.00%Small sample152.38% · N 211 / 1————
Costa Rica0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 10 / 1————
Democratic Republic Of Congo0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 10 / 1————
Eritrea100.00%Small sample188.89% · N 9——1 / 1——
India0.00%Small sample125.00% · N 240 / 1————
Liberia0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 10 / 1————
Nepal100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 2—1 / 1———
No Nationality0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 10 / 1————
Pakistan0.00%Small sample143.75% · N 160 / 1————
Rwanda100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 11 / 1————
Senegal0.00%Small sample115.38% · N 130 / 1————
Somalia0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 20 / 1————
Vietnam0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 50 / 1————
Yemen0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 20 / 1————
LaSalle
India0.00%Small sample64.30% · N 930 / 6————
China0.00%Small sample511.58% · N 1900 / 5————
Nepal0.00%Small sample36.38% · N 470 / 3————
Sri Lanka50.00%Small sample221.05% · N 191 / 2————
Benin0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 20 / 1————
Brazil0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 270 / 1————
Cuba0.00%Small sample136.36% · N 880 / 1————
Ghana0.00%Small sample110.71% · N 280 / 1————
Jordan0.00%Small sample17.41% · N 270 / 1————
Miami · MIA
Cuba0.00%Small sample125.71% · N 957—0 / 1———
Omaha
Honduras0.00%Small sample11.48% · N 270—0 / 1———
San Diego
El Salvador0.00%Small sample127.78% · N 72——0 / 1——

Small sample: fewer than 100 grant or denial records. This share can swing widely. Each fiscal year shows grants / N; — means no grant or denial record that year.

Judge means the code saved on the proceeding, not independently verified decision authorship. Flags are visual aids for mapped source categories; historical, unknown and non-geographic categories remain text-only.

EOIR CASE nationality aggregates · eoir-2026-08-nationality-complete-v1 · Download complete counts

Hearing schedule

One proceeding record is not necessarily a separate hearing session.

Houston – S. Gessner Road · HSG · All proceedings · 2026-09–2029-08

Asylum-associated records are a subset of All proceedings.

Schedule display range: 2026-09–2029-08 (36 months)

Same count scale for both hearing types. Browse horizontally to see all 36 months.

Proceedings

Master Calendar Hearings

Individual / Merits Hearings

Months with no retained records show 0.

Monthly counts are available for all recorded courts below.

Conroe · CIC

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Houston – S. Gessner Road · HSG

Monthly counts

Geoffrey Hoffman · GYH · Houston – S. Gessner Road · HSG · 2026-09–2029-08 · All proceedings · Asylum-associated proceedings · Proceedings with recorded hearing dates · EOIR · 2026-08 edition
MonthAll proceedings · Master proceedingsAll proceedings · Individual proceedingsAsylum-associated proceedings · Master proceedingsAsylum-associated proceedings · Individual proceedings
2026-09174558239
2026-1076515843
2026-11111538249
2026-12051044
2027-01059053
2027-02068064
2027-03093086
2027-04076073
2027-05067051
2027-06068061
2027-07082069
2027-08083077
2027-09069064
2027-10071065
2027-11053045
2027-12043038
2028-01074067
2028-02067063
2028-03082074
2028-04059052
2028-05067053
2028-06066061
2028-07057054
2028-08072069
2028-09070060
2028-10070065
2028-11057053
2028-12033027
2029-01054051
2029-02077069
2029-03056048
2029-040000
2029-050000
2029-060000
2029-070000
2029-080000

Retained: 2,364Excluded: 672Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

LaSalle · JNA

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Otero · OTO

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Dated result records

Nationality and representation selections do not filter this list. Case identifiers and personal attributes are not included.

Results for the current selection

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These dates belong to proceedings associated with the recorded judge code. They do not establish when that person served or who made the application decision.

Monthly record distribution for this selection

Filtered records by court and fiscal year

All eight saved result categories · same filters as the result list
Historical record courtFiscal yearGrantedDeniedRecorded as abandonedRecorded as withdrawnRecorded as not adjudicatedRecorded as administratively closedOther recorded categoriesNo application result recordedTotal records

Each row totals its eight categories using the current filters. Fiscal years run from 10-01 through 09-30.

One row per eligible proceeding · latest completion date first
Proceeding completion dateHistorical record courtSaved application result

Counts use stored proceeding completion dates and judge codes. Later source releases may revise earlier records.

Source cutoff: 2026-08-31 · eoir-2026-08-judge-records-v2 · Source files and checks

Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code

These records are linked to proceedings carrying this EOIR judge code in the 2026-08 source snapshot. The data do not establish that the coded judge personally issued the decision under BIA review.

Historical decision FY2021–FY2025 pooled · respondent-filed appeals (A)

Denominator: respondent-filed BIA IJ Case Appeal events with an exact proceeding link and stored judge code, with a recorded disposition during the displayed period.

Respondent-filed recorded BIA appeal events during FY2021–FY2025
Appeal events (denominator)DIS · recorded dismissal/affirmanceREM · remand as recordedSUS · appeal sustained as recordedOther · mixed recorded dispositions
34111022

Small sample: N is below 100. Counts remain visible; a few events can change the pattern substantially.

Questions about these records

Is this the judge’s asylum approval or denial rate?

It is the recorded grant share: of 479 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code GYH at Houston – S. Gessner Road in FY2021–FY2025, 106 were grants (22.13%) and 373 were denials (77.87%).

Withdrawals, abandonment, administrative closure and other outcomes are outside this denominator. The judge code identifies the assigned judge; it does not prove who decided each application.

Why do other websites show a different number?

Publications count different things. This page counts asylum applications that ended in a grant or a denial in EOIR’s public CASE data, by fiscal year, at the court stored on each proceeding, and never pools courts.

Other reports may count other relief, such as withholding of removal or protection under the Convention Against Torture, count decisions rather than proceedings, combine courts or use other years. Compare the period, the population and N before comparing percentages.

Why are courts listed separately?

Each record keeps the court stored on its proceeding. This judge code has grant or denial records at 6 courts. They are shown separately and never pooled, and the official listing does not move older records to a new court.

Why is FY2026 marked as a partial year?

Fiscal year 2026 runs from 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30, and the source data end on 2026-08-31. FY2026 figures cover only part of the year, so they are not compared with complete years.

What does a small sample mean here?

When fewer than 100 grant or denial records stand behind a share, one or two decisions can move it by several percentage points. Such figures are marked † or labeled as a small sample, and the 95% interval shows how wide the uncertainty is.

Where does this judge hear cases now?

EOIR’s official hearing directory, checked 2026-09-16, lists this name at Houston – S. Gessner Road.

Under this judge code, the 2026-08 EOIR edition records hearing dates from 2026-09 to 2029-08 at Houston – S. Gessner Road: 361 master and 2,003 individual proceedings.

A listing or a scheduled date does not establish a sole duty station.

Can these numbers predict my case?

No. They describe past records under a judge code. The outcome of a case depends on its own facts, evidence and law. For advice about your case, talk to a qualified lawyer or accredited representative.

Data and sources

Source cutoff: · eoir-2026-08-judge-source-coverage-v1

Dated asylum records and recorded grants or denials are available by court and fiscal year.

Result record coverage

13,308Associated proceeding records
5,934Proceedings linked to asylum applications
3,758Eligible dated asylum records
800Dated grant or denial records

All courts and all stored dates in this source edition. These coverage counts do not change with the result-list filters.

Historical record courts
10
Earliest recorded completion FY
FY2017
Latest recorded completion FY
FY2026 · Partial year
Why some source records are outside the dated results
  • 2,176 eligible asylum records have no completion date.
  • 2,658 eligible asylum records have no application result; 487 of them appear in the dated list. 2,171 records lack both a usable completion date and an application result. The missing-date and missing-result counts overlap.

A blank date or result does not establish a pending case, an undecided application, or the absence of a decision. Missing dates are not assigned to an assumed fiscal year.

All eligible dated result categories are included through the source cutoff, without aggregate suppression filters.

Source cutoff: 2026-08-31 · FY2026 is incomplete. Earlier stored dates may predate a judge’s appointment because assignment and saved completion date describe different events.

Nationality and representation selections do not filter this list. Case identifiers and personal attributes are not included.

Available historical coverage

Source coverage includes all normalized dated records for this identity. It is not verified decision authorship or a complete case history.

Coverage counting rules

Counts describe stored proceedings associated with the judge code, not unique cases, people, or verified decision authorship. Asylum applications are combined per proceeding using the same joins and conflict rules as the dated list.

5,934 asylum-linked proceedings meet the proceeding-type, case-link and result-consistency rules. These eligible records split into missing dates, invalid dates, dates after the cutoff, and dated records through the cutoff.

The dated list includes all saved result categories, including a blank result. Grant share uses only dated grants divided by dated grants plus denials; other categories are excluded.

These are saved results on proceedings assigned to the selected judge in EOIR data, not independently verified decision authorship. The application result has no separate decision timestamp. Completion dates may reflect a different event or later edits.

Each row represents one eligible proceeding after duplicate application rows are combined. Identical dates and results can appear multiple times. A person may have multiple proceedings. Within-day order does not indicate the sequence of decisions.

The public timeline includes all eight saved result categories and all stored completion years through the source cutoff. Conflicting application outcomes and inconsistent case joins remain excluded. Complete records can reconstruct counts hidden in legacy aggregate tables; those tables no longer provide a non-reconstruction guarantee.

Official court listing

Directory checked: EOIR hearing directory

On the checked official listing

An official listing may include supervisory or multiple-court assignments; it does not establish a sole duty station.

Hearing schedule sources

Schedule filtering and source checks

The 2026-08 EOIR edition is grouped using a source cutoff of 2026-08-31. Counts describe proceeding records with retained future hearing dates, grouped by the judge and court codes stored on each schedule record. Records with a handling reason and other excluded records are kept outside the counts; records that cannot be confirmed are listed separately. All proceedings includes the reliably identified asylum-associated subset.

Later recorded hearing dates are included in the source coverage summary.

All proceedings · future hearing dates through 2036-08-31

These source coverage counts include all proceedings and do not change with the proceedings filter above.

Conroe

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
37
Reliable asylum association
7
No identifiable asylum association
30

Houston – S. Gessner Road

Retained: 2,364Excluded: 672Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
3,036
Unconfirmed proportion
0.00%
Recorded handling reason
671
Recorded proceeding completion
1
Historical schedule records
21,806
Future schedule records
3,036
Other schedule types
105
Reliable asylum association
14,011
No identifiable asylum association
10,830
Unlinked asylum records
1

LaSalle

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
877
Other schedule types
130
Reliable asylum association
209
No identifiable asylum association
668

Otero

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
7
No identifiable asylum association
7
View schedule counting rules
Source files, versions and checks

BIA appeal sources

BIA scope and counting rules

These are historical pooled counts, not a judge score or a current pattern. This product has no annual judge-code breakdown. DIS does not prove this judge was affirmed; REM is not an asylum grant; SUS is not a final asylum outcome.

Recorded BIA disposition patterns can change over time. These FY2021–FY2025 counts are not a permanent characteristic of this judge code. Changes may coincide with law, policy, administration, BIA composition, case mix or backlog; these descriptive data do not establish a cause.

All-party source coverage is separate from the respondent-filed table. National parent appeal events: 119,252 · Linked to a stored judge code: 119,155.

Respondent-filed source events: 109,995 · Linked to a stored judge code: 109,915 · Published respondent-filed events: 67,156 · Respondent-filed events with identity limitations: 42,759.

Judge code: GYH · Stored source field: B_TblProceeding.IJ_CODE · Population: bia-decided-stored-judge-chronology-clean-1.

Disposition date basis: tblAppeal.datBIADecision · Historical period: 2020-10-01–2025-09-30 · Source cutoff: 2026-08-31.

The stored code is an association in the snapshot, not proof of decision authorship or assignment when the original decision was issued. Today’s judge directory and court listing describe current context only.

Source versions and checks

Coverage and source versions are listed separately from publication, acquisition and later checks. A check does not extend the records beyond their cutoff.

EOIR public CASE data

Used on this page: Dated results, historical outcomes and saved hearing schedules

Historical result coverageFY2017–FY2026 · Partial year: FY2026

Source edition2026-08

Source snapshot cutoff

The first and last available fiscal years bound this range; intervening years may have no records. Saved hearing dates and BIA disposition periods have separate coverage.

Standard comparison periodFY2021–FY2025

Source obtained or reviewed for this edition

Official source recheck ·

Source reachable at the last check; its contents have not been compared with this edition yet

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