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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Curtis G. White

Immigration Judge, Adelanto Immigration Court. Appointed June 2020 by William P. Barr.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

TRAC source →
Judge White77.7%
Adelanto court88.0%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
179
Asylum granted
22
Other relief granted
18
Denied
139
Against own court
-10.3 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY24FY25FY26
62%86%81%88%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 58% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Mexico (35.8%), El Salvador (16.2%), Guatemala (7.8%), Cameroon (6.1%), Russia (4.5%).

Official biography

Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Curtis G. White as an immigration judge in June 2020. Judge White ear ned dual Bachelor of Arts deg rees in 2001 from Idaho State Universityand a Master of Arts and Juris Doctor in 2006 from the University of New Mexico. From 2018 to2020, he served as an assistant 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 El Paso, Texas. From 2016 to 2018, he served as an assistant chief counsel, OCC, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Adelanto, California. From 2012 to 2016, he was in private practice, in Houston. From 2007 to 2012, he was in private practice, in Salt Lake City, except from 2010 to 2011, when he served as a prosecutor for the city of South Salt Lake, Utah. Judge White is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Utah 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.