D'Anna H. Freeman
Immigration Judge, Chicago Immigration Court. Appointed March 2016 by Loretta E. Lynch.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 160
- Asylum granted
- 3
- Other relief granted
- 2
- Denied
- 155
- Against own court
- +47.9 pts
| FY26 |
|---|
| 97% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 95% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: India (13.8%), Mexico (10.6%), Colombia (9.4%), Nicaragua (9.4%).
Official biography
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Judge D'Anna H. Freeman to begin hearing cases in March 2016. Judge Freeman earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1988 from Baylor University, a Master of Public Health in 1995 from the University of Texas Health Science Center, and Juris Doctor in 2004 from the University of Houston Law Center. From 2007 to February 2016, Judge Freeman served in various capacities for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including: as assistant chief counsel from 2013 to 2016, in Dallas; as senior attorney from 2010 through 2013, in Livingston, Texas; and as assistant chief counsel from 2007 through 2010, in Eloy, Ariz. From 2006 through 2007, she was a partner at Forrest & Harrison LLC, in Houston. From 2005 through 2006, she served as an attorney at Dunbar, Harden & Benson LLP, in Houston. From 2004 through 2005, she operated the Law Office of D'Anna Harrison, in Houston. Judge Freeman is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
In the record
EOIR Swears in Eight Immigration Judges
EOIR's investiture notice records that Attorney General Loretta Lynch appointed D'Anna H. Freeman to begin hearing cases in March 2016, initially assigned to the Pearsall Immigration Court in Texas, and summarises her earlier legal career before the immigration bench.
Darlyn Mass-Montenegro v. Attorney General United States
A Third Circuit petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision identifies D'Anna H. Freeman as the immigration judge whose ruling was appealed in the removal case of Darlyn Josue Mass-Montenegro.
Miguel Angel Melo Gutierrez v. Attorney General United States
This non-precedential Third Circuit opinion reviewing a Board of Immigration Appeals order names D'Anna H. Freeman as the immigration judge who heard the underlying removal proceedings against petitioner Miguel Angel Melo Gutierrez.
Other judges at Chicago
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.