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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Brent H. Landis

Immigration Judge, Houston - Greenspoint Park. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Landis92.9%
Houston - Greenspoint court89.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
680
Asylum granted
30
Other relief granted
18
Denied
632
Against own court
+3.5 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
93%91%92%94%95%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 77% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (32.8%), El Salvador (12.8%), Cuba (12.2%), Mexico (11.2%), Venezuela (9.3%).

Official biography

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Brent H. Landis to begin hearing cases in October 2018. Judge Landis ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 1982 from Metropolitan State Universityand a Juris Doctor in 1985 from DePaul University. From 2000 to 2018, he was a senior attorney with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Phoenix. From 1989 to 2011, he was an attorney with the Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Air Forcein the following locations: Luke Air Force Base, Arizona; Air Reserve Personnel Center,Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. From 1986 to 1987, he was a staff attorney with Levine, Shifrin &Associates in Schaumburg, Illinois. Judge Landis is a member of the Illinois State Bar and Colorado 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.

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.