Brandon L. Hart

Immigration Judge, Dallas Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.

StrictDenies far more often than the national average+20.0 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Hart82.9%

Dallas court70.1%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 521
Asylum granted: 65
Other relief granted: 24
Denied: 432
Against own court: +12.8 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY25	FY26
81%	86%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 89% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Venezuela (22.1%), Honduras (18.4%), El Salvador (14.2%), Mexico (14.2%), Guatemala (8.3%).

Official biography

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Brandon L. Hart to begin hearing cases in October 2018. Judge Hart ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 1993 from Brigham Young University, a Juris Doctor in 1996 from the University of Utah, and a Master of Laws in 2007 from McGill University. From 1996 to 2018, he was a judge advocate with the U.S. Air Force, retiring as acolonel, in the following locations: Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi; Kadena Air Base,Okinawa, Japan; Grand Forks Air Base, North Dakota; Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska; Balad Air Base, Iraq; Yokota Air Base, Japan; Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada; Incirlik Air Base,Turkey; and Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Judge Hart is a member of the Utah State Bar and the State Bar of Nevada.

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

In the record

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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.