Dinesh C. Verma
Immigration Judge, Hyattsville Immigration Court. Appointed November 2017 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 762
- Asylum granted
- 333
- Other relief granted
- 23
- Denied
- 406
- Against own court
- -4.3 pts
| FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14% | 14% | 35% | 67% | 82% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 86% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: El Salvador (18.9%), Cameroon (13.3%), Honduras (13.3%), Guatemala (9.2%), Venezuela (8.8%).
Official biography
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Dinesh C. Verma to begin hearing cases in November 2017. Judge Verma earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995 from Boston Universityand a Juris Doctor in 1998 from the George Washington University Law School. From 2000 to2017, he was a partner at Nankin & Verma PLLC, in Bethesda, Md. From 1999 to 2000, he wasan associate attorney at Ludwig & Robinson PLLC, in Washington, D.C. From 1998 to 1999, heserved as a judicial law clerk to Special Master Laura D. Millman at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, in Washington, D.C. Judge Verma is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and Maryland State Bar.
In the record
EOIR Swears in Seven Immigration Judges
EOIR's investiture announcement, republished by AILA, records that Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Dinesh C. Verma among seven new immigration judges sworn in to their new positions.
Local immigration court ousts reporters from hearings
Capital News Service reports that reporters who had been observing hearings at the Hyattsville Immigration Court, including a session in Judge Dinesh Verma's courtroom, were ejected; the outlet says Verma did not respond to a request for comment.
Sara Mendizabal v. Attorney General United States of America
A Third Circuit decision on a petition for review of a final Board of Immigration Appeals order names Dinesh C. Verma as the immigration judge in the underlying removal proceedings against Sara Ester Mendizabal.
Rene Alonso Galicia-Martinez v. Attorney General United States of America
This non-precedential Third Circuit opinion reviewing a Board of Immigration Appeals decision identifies Dinesh C. Verma as the immigration judge who decided the removal case of petitioner Rene Alonso Galicia-Martinez.
Other judges at Hyattsville
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.