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In FY2026, 0 of 411 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code SBN at Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court were grants (0.00%) and 411 were denials (100.00%). That year, the court recorded 2.15% and the national figure was 6.66%. EOIR data through 2026-09-30; past records do not predict an individual case.

Recorded grant share · Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court · HOU

Grants 0 · Denials 411 · N 411
95% interval: 0.00%–0.93%

Judge code SBN
0.00%N 411
Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court
2.15%N 3,532
United States · all courts
6.66%N 158,532

Among comparable judge codes at this court

11 judge codes at this court have 100 or more grant-or-denial records in FY2026. Their recorded grant shares range from 0.00% to 6.04%; the median is 0.68%.
Record coverage
5 courts with recordsFY1991–FY2026 · 24 court-years · Courts are not pooled
Hearing dates on calendar
17 master · 655 individualHouston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court · proceedings with hearing dates, 2026-10–2029-09Hearing schedule
Data through
2026-09-30EOIR records · official listing: Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court, checked 2026-10-24Data 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 - Jefferson Street Immigration Court

0%10%20%30%40%50%FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY20260.00%2.48%2.22%0.00%5.04%2.35%2.60%1.47%0.00%11.72%8.83%4.95%6.66%22.18%16.46%18.33%14.47%6.59%2.15%38.08%33.32%29.99%27.95%37.09%46.08%47.18%43.30%22.99%6.66%
  • Judge code SBN
  • Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court
  • United States · all courts
National and judge-code figures use recorded fiscal years in this source; missing values remain unavailable.
Recorded grant and denial outcomes · EOIR dated records
Completion FYRecorded grant shareTotal (N)Grant recordsDenial records95% interval
Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court · HOUExplore this court's full context
FY20260.00%41104110.00%–0.93%
FY20251.47%34153360.63%–3.39%
FY20242.60%Small sample772750.72%–8.98%
FY20232.35%17041660.92%–5.89%
FY20225.04%11961132.33%–10.56%
FY20210.00%Small sample180180.00%–17.59%
FY20202.22%36183531.13%–4.31%
FY20192.48%32383151.26%–4.81%
FY20180.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20160.00%Small sample303<0.01%–56.15%
FY2015Not calculable000Not calculable
FY2013Not calculable000Not calculable
FY20100.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY2008Not calculable000Not calculable
FY20060.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY2005Not calculable000Not calculable
FY2004Not calculable000Not calculable
FY2003Not calculable000Not calculable
FY20000.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19990.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19980.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19970.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY1996Not calculable000Not calculable
FY1994Not calculable000Not calculable
FY19910.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Conroe · CICExplore this court's full context
FY20268.33%Small sample121111.49%–35.39%
FY202515.38%Small sample132114.33%–42.23%
FY202050.00%Small sample2119.45%–90.55%
Miami · MIAExplore this court's full context
FY20250.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY201966.67%Small sample64230.00%–90.32%
Houston – Greenspoint Park · HGPExplore this court's full context
FY20220.00%Small sample606<0.01%–39.03%
FY2021Not calculable000Not calculable
Houston – S. Gessner Road · HSGExplore this court's full context
FY2026Not calculable000Not calculable
FY20200.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%

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: 2026-09-30 · eoir-2026-09-case-v1 · Source files and checks · Attribution details

Historical grant and denial records by nationality

Nationality groups show FY2026 first and retain historical counts. These are proceeding records, 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 · FY2026 and historical fiscal years
Recorded nationalityRecorded grant share · FY2026Total (N)Court · same nationalityFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court
Mexico0.00%Small sample880.28% · N 7270 / 881 / 370 / 00 / 290 / 60 / 0
Venezuela0.00%Small sample743.97% · N 5790 / 743 / 420 / 22 / 100 / 20 / 1
Honduras0.00%Small sample640.67% · N 7500 / 640 / 920 / 310 / 481 / 460 / 0
Cuba0.00%Small sample636.25% · N 2880 / 630 / 400 / 50 / 10 / 00 / 1
Guatemala0.00%Small sample350.00% · N 2830 / 350 / 260 / 50 / 190 / 90 / 1
El Salvador0.00%Small sample300.31% · N 3210 / 300 / 311 / 190 / 380 / 490 / 13
Colombia0.00%Small sample290.42% · N 2380 / 290 / 180 / 10 / 00 / 0—
Nicaragua0.00%Small sample73.00% · N 1000 / 70 / 280 / 41 / 20 / 1—
Nigeria0.00%Small sample635.71% · N 280 / 60 / 10 / 10 / 83 / 30 / 1
Peru0.00%Small sample30.00% · N 340 / 30 / 50 / 0———
India0.00%Small sample33.70% · N 270 / 30 / 21 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 0
Chile0.00%Small sample20.00% · N 50 / 2————0 / 0
Belize0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 30 / 1—0 / 0———
Costa Rica0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 70 / 1—————
Guinea Bissau0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 10 / 1—————
Haiti0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 20 / 10 / 0—0 / 0——
Panama0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 60 / 1—0 / 0———
Senegal0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 30 / 10 / 00 / 0———
Vietnam0.00%Small sample120.00% · N 50 / 1—————
IraqNot calculable00.00% · N 10 / 01 / 40 / 20 / 01 / 2—
PakistanNot calculable00.00% · N 60 / 0—0 / 00 / 5——
Unknown NationalityNot calculable00.00% · N 40 / 00 / 5————
ChinaNot calculable00.00% · N 40 / 00 / 10 / 01 / 10 / 00 / 1
EcuadorNot calculable00.00% · N 360 / 00 / 0—0 / 2—0 / 0
JordanNot calculable00.00% · N 130 / 00 / 0—0 / 10 / 0—
Sri LankaNot calculable022.22% · N 90 / 00 / 1————
ArgentinaNot calculable0100.00% · N 10 / 0—————
DjiboutiNot calculable0Not calculable · N 00 / 0—————
Dominican RepublicNot calculable00.00% · N 20 / 0—0 / 0———
IranNot calculable025.00% · N 40 / 0—————
ItalyNot calculable00.00% · N 10 / 0—————
NepalNot calculable0Not calculable · N 00 / 0—0 / 0———
TurkiyeNot calculable00.00% · N 10 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 0——
CongoNo stored cell for this period—Not calculable · N 0——0 / 30 / 1——
AngolaNo stored cell for this period—0.00% · N 2———0 / 3——
BangladeshNo stored cell for this period—0.00% · N 3—0 / 10 / 0———
Burkina FasoNo stored cell for this period————0 / 1———
CameroonNo stored cell for this period—16.67% · N 6—0 / 10 / 0———
Equatorial GuineaNo stored cell for this period—0.00% · N 1—0 / 1—0 / 0——
EthiopiaNo stored cell for this period————0 / 1——0 / 0
GuineaNo stored cell for this period—0.00% · N 1—0 / 10 / 0———
IndonesiaNo stored cell for this period—0.00% · N 1————1 / 1—
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)No stored cell for this period—Not calculable · N 0——0 / 1———
MartiniqueNo stored cell for this period———0 / 1————
MauritaniaNo stored cell for this period—33.33% · N 3—0 / 1—0 / 0——
Nationality not recordedNo stored cell for this period—————0 / 1——
PalestineNo stored cell for this period—Not calculable · N 0—0 / 1————
RomaniaNo stored cell for this period—Not calculable · N 0—0 / 00 / 00 / 1——
VanuatuNo stored cell for this period———0 / 1————
BelarusNo stored cell for this period—————0 / 0——
BrazilNo stored cell for this period———————0 / 0
Comoro IslandsNo stored cell for this period———0 / 0————
EgyptNo stored cell for this period—100.00% · N 1————0 / 0—
GrenadaNo stored cell for this period————0 / 0———
HollandNo stored cell for this period—Not calculable · N 0——0 / 0———
JamaicaNo stored cell for this period—0.00% · N 2————0 / 0—
KazakhstanNo stored cell for this period—0.00% · N 1————0 / 0—
LaosNo stored cell for this period—Not calculable · N 0———0 / 0——
RussiaNo stored cell for this period—100.00% · N 1——0 / 0———
RwandaNo stored cell for this period—Not calculable · N 0—0 / 0————
Saudi ArabiaNo stored cell for this period—Not calculable · N 0———0 / 0——
SudanNo stored cell for this period———0 / 00 / 0———
SyriaNo stored cell for this period—0.00% · N 2—0 / 0————
TanzaniaNo stored cell for this period—Not calculable · N 0————0 / 0—
UkraineNo stored cell for this period—Not calculable · N 0——0 / 0—0 / 00 / 0
Unspecified nationality codeNo stored cell for this period—————0 / 0——
UzbekistanNo stored cell for this period————0 / 0———
Conroe
Nicaragua25.00%Small sample45.26% · N 381 / 40 / 1————
Honduras0.00%Small sample20.00% · N 1520 / 20 / 3————
Colombia0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 160 / 10 / 1————
Cuba0.00%Small sample13.31% · N 1510 / 1—————
Equatorial Guinea0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 80 / 1—————
Nigeria0.00%Small sample17.69% · N 130 / 1—————
Pakistan0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 70 / 1—————
Venezuela0.00%Small sample14.30% · N 930 / 10 / 0————
GuatemalaNot calculable00.00% · N 550 / 00 / 3————
PeruNot calculable00.00% · N 20 / 0—————
GhanaNo stored cell for this period—0.00% · N 2—2 / 2————
ChinaNo stored cell for this period—0.00% · N 2—0 / 1————
EcuadorNo stored cell for this period—14.29% · N 7—0 / 1————
IndiaNo stored cell for this period—0.00% · N 15—0 / 1————
MexicoNo stored cell for this period—0.73% · N 137—0 / 0————
Adelanto · ADL
Dallas
VenezuelaNot calculable02.49% · N 1,9310 / 0—————
HondurasNo stored cell for this period—0.20% · N 1,002—0 / 0————
Houston – Greenspoint Park
HondurasNo stored cell for this period—0.00% · N 530————0 / 5—
El SalvadorNo stored cell for this period—0.50% · N 199————0 / 10 / 0
Houston – S. Gessner Road
El SalvadorNot calculable00.00% · N 1610 / 0—————
Laredo
HondurasNo stored cell for this period—1.67% · N 60—————0 / 0
Miami · MIA
HondurasNo stored cell for this period—1.18% · N 254—0 / 1————
New York - Broadway
ColombiaNot calculable00.71% · N 1410 / 0—————
New York - Federal Plaza
Orlando
ColombiaNot calculable00.97% · N 6210 / 0—————
San Antonio
CubaNo stored cell for this period—5.20% · N 173——0 / 0———
West Los Angeles Immigration Court · WLA
HondurasNo stored cell for this period—1.24% · N 403——0 / 0———

Small sample: fewer than 100 grant or denial records. This share can swing widely. Each fiscal year shows grants / N; — means no stored cell. A zero denominator cannot give a share.

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-2026-09-case-v1 · Download complete counts

Hearing schedule

One proceeding record is not necessarily a separate hearing session.

Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court · HOU · All proceedings · 2026-10–2029-09

Asylum-associated records are a subset of All proceedings.

Schedule display range: 2026-10–2029-09 (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 - Jefferson Street Immigration Court · HOU

Monthly counts

Sam Brown IV · SBN · Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court · HOU · 2026-10–2029-09 · All proceedings · Asylum-associated proceedings · Proceedings with recorded hearing dates · EOIR · 2026-09 edition
MonthAll proceedings · Master proceedingsAll proceedings · Individual proceedingsAsylum-associated proceedings · Master proceedingsAsylum-associated proceedings · Individual proceedings
2026-10061046
2026-1117471238
2026-12043032
2027-01050045
2027-02035029
2027-03076067
2027-04058044
2027-05045033
2027-06047041
2027-07065054
2027-08042026
2027-09037027
2027-10049030
2027-110000
2027-120000
2028-010000
2028-020000
2028-030000
2028-040000
2028-050000
2028-060000
2028-070000
2028-080000
2028-090000
2028-100000
2028-110000
2028-120000
2029-010000
2029-020000
2029-030000
2029-040000
2029-050000
2029-060000
2029-070000
2029-080000
2029-090000

Retained: 672Excluded: 432Unable to confirm: 172Source files and checks

Miami · MIA

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: 2026-09-30 · eoir-2026-09-case-v1 · Source files and checks

Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code · FY2026

These records are linked to proceedings carrying this EOIR judge code in the 2026-09 source snapshot. The data do not establish that the coded judge personally issued the decision under BIA review.

Decision FY2026 · 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 · FY2026
Appeal events (denominator)DIS · recorded dismissal/affirmanceREM · remand as recordedSUS · appeal sustained as recordedOther · mixed recorded dispositions
80281051

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 411 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code SBN at Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court in FY2026, 0 were grants (0.00%) and 411 were denials (100.00%).

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 5 courts. They are shown separately and never pooled, and the official listing does not move older records to a new court.

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 2026-10-24, lists this name at Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court.

Under this judge code, the 2026-09 EOIR edition records hearing dates from 2026-10 to 2029-09 at Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court: 17 master and 655 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-2026-09-case-v1

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

Result record coverage

12,591Associated proceeding records
5,752Proceedings linked to asylum applications
5,013Eligible dated asylum records
1,873Dated 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
13
Earliest recorded completion FY
FY1991
Latest recorded completion FY
FY2026
Why some source records are outside the dated results
  • 739 eligible asylum records have no completion date.
  • 1,055 eligible asylum records have no application result; 328 of them appear in the dated list. 727 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: 2026-09-30. FY2026 spans its complete fiscal-year calendar; reporting may be incomplete and later revised. Earlier stored dates do not prove service dates or decision authorship.

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.

5,752 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 2026-09 EOIR edition is grouped using a source cutoff of 2026-09-30. 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 2036-09-30

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
240
Other schedule types
10
Reliable asylum association
63
No identifiable asylum association
177

Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court

Retained: 672Excluded: 432Unable to confirm: 172

Raw Master and Individual records
1,276
Unconfirmed proportion
13.48%
Recorded handling reason
432
Multiple future records without a handling reason
172
Historical schedule records
40,049
Future schedule records
1,276
Other schedule types
49
Reliable asylum association
24,024
No identifiable asylum association
17,299
Unlinked asylum records
2
Schedule and proceeding judge codes differ
1

Miami · MIA

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
53
Reliable asylum association
39
No identifiable asylum association
14
View schedule counting rules
Source files, versions and checks

BIA appeal sources

BIA scope and counting rules

These counts describe the selected disposition period. 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 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: 31,264 · Linked to a stored judge code: 31,252.

Respondent-filed source events: 29,285 · Linked to a stored judge code: 29,275 · Published respondent-filed events: 29,088 · Respondent-filed events with identity limitations: 187.

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

Disposition date basis: disposition_fy · Historical period: 2025-10-01–2026-09-30 · Source cutoff: 2026-09-30.

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 coverageFY1991–FY2026

Source edition2026-09

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.

Fiscal years offered on web pagesFY2021–FY2026

Official source recheck ·

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

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