Forrest W. Hoover, III
Immigration Judge, Philadelphia Immigration Court. Appointed October 2019 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 842
- Asylum granted
- 122
- Other relief granted
- 95
- Denied
- 625
- Against own court
- +15.5 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59% | 58% | 79% | 82% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 92% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Guatemala (16.6%), Brazil (15%), Honduras (13.1%), Belarus (5.1%), Russia (4%).
Official biography
Attorney General William Barr appointed Forrest W. Hoover III to begin hearing cases in October 2019. Judge Hoover earned a Bachelor of Science in 1999 from Drexel University, a Juris Doctor in 2008 from Temple University Beasley School of Law, and a Master of Criminal Law in 2012 from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School. In 2019, he retired as a lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Marine Corps after serving since 1999. From 2008 to 2019, heserved as a judge advocate, defense counsel, prosecutor, and military judge for the U.S. Marine Corps in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and Okinawa, Japan. From 1999 to 2005, he served as a logistics officer for the U.S. Marine Corps in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Okinawa, Japan;and Quantico, Virginia. Judge Hoover is a member of the Pennsylvania State Bar and the New Jersey State Bar.
In the record
EOIR Notice: New Immigration Judges
EOIR's investiture notice, hosted by AILA, records that Attorney General William Barr appointed Forrest W. Hoover III among the immigration judges sworn in at an October 2019 ceremony at the Justice Department's Great Hall.
Mario de Jesus Lemus v. Attorney General of the United States
A non-precedential Third Circuit opinion on a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision names Forrest W. Hoover as the immigration judge in the underlying removal proceedings against Mario de Jesus Lemus.
Other judges at Philadelphia
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.