Anibal D. Martinez
Immigration Judge, San Antonio Immigration Court. Appointed August 2010 by Eric Holder.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 186
- Asylum granted
- 51
- Other relief granted
- 80
- Denied
- 55
- Against own court
- -11.6 pts
| FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|
| 37% | 40% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 62% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Venezuela (24.7%), Nicaragua (19.9%), Cuba (8.1%), Honduras (7.5%), Colombia (6.5%).
Official biography
Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Judge Martinez in August 2010. Judge Martinez received a bachelor or arts degree in 1994 from Amherst College and a juris doctorate in 2000 from Columbia University School of Law. From 2005 to August 2010, Judge Martinez served as deputy chief counsel in the Office of Chief Counsel, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security, San Antonio, Texas. From 2001 to 2005, he worked as assistant chief counsel for ICE in New York, N.Y., and San Antonio. From 2000 to 2001, he was assistant chief counsel for the former Immigration and Naturalization Service in Newark, N.J. Judge Martinez is a member of the New York State Bar.
In the record
6-Year-Old Separated From His Father Tells Judge He Wants to Go Home
Describes Judge Anibal Martinez presiding over San Antonio immigration court proceedings for 6-year-old Wilder Maldonado, a child separated from his father under the zero-tolerance policy, in which Martinez granted the boy voluntary departure to return to El Salvador.
A Defendant Shows Up in Immigration Court by Himself. He's 6.
Describes Judge Anibal Martinez's San Antonio juvenile immigration docket, where he questioned unaccompanied migrant children including 6-year-old Wilder Maldonado, and granted an 11-year-old Guatemalan girl's request for voluntary return to her parents.
Other judges at San Antonio
Court page →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.