Christopher M. Schumann
Immigration Judge, Houston South Gessner Immigration Court. Appointed 1993 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 763
- Asylum granted
- 36
- Other relief granted
- 87
- Denied
- 640
- Against own court
- +1.9 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22% | 81% | 84% | 84% | 96% | 60% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 76% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Honduras (23.7%), Cuba (16.3%), El Salvador (14.7%), Venezuela (12.6%), Guatemala (7.6%).
Official biography
Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Christopher M. Schumann as an Immigration Judgein October 2020. Judge Schumann ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1993 from Arizona State University, a Juris Doctor in 1999 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and a Masterof Laws in 2005 from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School. From 2000 to2020, he was an attorney and a military judge with the U.S. Air Force in the following locations:Yokota Air Base, Japan; Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; The Pentagon, District of Columbia; Misawa Air Base, Japan; Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada; Royal Air Force,Lakenheath, England; and Travis Air Force Base, California. In October 2020, he retired as acolonel from the U.S. Air Force, having last served as the chief circuit military judge for the Western Circuit. Judge Schumann is a member of the Pennsylvania State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Houston - Gessner
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.