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 ear ned 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
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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.