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Immigration judges

Erica J. McGuirk

Immigration Judge, Houston - Greenspoint Park. Appointed October 2019 by William P. Barr.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge McGuirk89.2%
Houston - Greenspoint court89.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
139
Asylum granted
12
Other relief granted
3
Denied
124
Against own court
-0.2 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22
93%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 87% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (40.3%), El Salvador (22.3%), Guatemala (11.5%), Mexico (5%), Venezuela (5%).

Official biography

Attorney General Barr appointed Erica J. McGuirk to begin hearing cases in October 2019.Judge McGuirk ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1993 from University of Connecticut and a Juris Doctor in 1998 from the University of Iowa College of Law. From 2012 to 2019, she served asan associate counsel with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Houston. From 2003 to 2012, she served as a senior attorney and assistant chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DHS, in Houston. From 2002 to 2003, she served as an assistant district counsel, Office of the District Counsel, with the former Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, in Houston. From 1998 to 2002, she served as a trial attorney with the Office of the Solicitor,Department of Labor, in Dallas. Judge McGuirk is a member of the Iowa State Bar and Texas 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.

Other judges at Houston - Greenspoint

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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.