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Immigration judges

Adam Jovanovic

Immigration Judge, Houston - Greenspoint Park. Appointed December 2021.

StrictDenies far more often than the national average+27.8 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Jovanovic90.7%
Houston - Greenspoint court89.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
561
Asylum granted
31
Other relief granted
21
Denied
509
Against own court
+1.3 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
81%87%91%94%93%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 74% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (23.9%), Venezuela (15.9%), Mexico (12.8%), Cuba (12.1%), El Salvador (8.9%).

Official biography

Adam M. Jovanovic was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in December 2021. Judge Jovanovic ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from Arizona State University and a Juris Doctor in 2010 from the Michigan State University College of Law. From 2019 to 2021, he served as a Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Houston. From 2014 to 2019, he served as an Assistant Chief Counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Oakdale, Louisiana and Conroe and Houston, Texas. From 2012 to 2014, he served as an Attorney Advisor with the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security Administration, in Lansing, Michigan. From 2010 to 2012, he served as an Attorney Advisor at the Detroit Immigration Court, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice. Judge Jovanovic is a member of the State Bar of Michigan.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

Other judges at Houston - Greenspoint

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About these figures. Denial rates describe outcomes in the cases a judge happened to hear, which differ by detention, nationality and representation. They are not a measure of fairness or competence. Method and sources are on the judges index.