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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Bianca, H Brown

Immigration Judge, Stewart Immigration Court. Appointed January 2020 by William P. Barr.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

TRAC source →
Judge Brown79.1%
Lumpkin court78.6%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
387
Asylum granted
41
Other relief granted
40
Denied
306
Against own court
+0.5 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
69%86%75%82%91%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 54% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Mexico (16%), Nicaragua (10.1%), Guatemala (9%), Honduras (7.2%), Colombia (5.7%).

Official biography

Attorney General Barr appointed Bianca H. Brown to begin hearing cases in January 2020. Judge Brown ear ned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration in 2005 from Florida A&M University, and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from Wake Forest University School of Law. From 2018 to 2019, she served as a deputy chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel (OCC), Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Lumpkin, Georgia. From 2011 to 2018, she served as an assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Lumpkin, Georgia. Judge Brown is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and North Carolina State Bar.

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.

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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.