Julian Castaneda
Immigration Judge, Harlingen Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 192
- Asylum granted
- 27
- Other relief granted
- 79
- Denied
- 86
- Against own court
- -1.3 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50% | 40% | 47% | 54% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 63% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Mexico (33.9%), Honduras (15.1%), Cuba (13%), Nicaragua (10.9%), El Salvador (6.8%).
Official biography
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Julian Castaneda to begin hearing cases in October 2018. Judge Castaneda ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1997 from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Juris Doctor in 2005 from the University of South Dakota School of Law. From2016 to 2018, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas in Laredo, Texas. From 2014 to 2016, he was an assistant district attorney with the Starr County District Attorney's Office in Rio Grande City, Texas. From 2013to 2014, he was an assistant county attorney in Starr County. From 2011 to 2012, he was an assistant district attorney with the Starr County District Attorney's Office in Rio Grande City,Texas. From 2008 to 2011, he was an assistant criminal district attorney in the Hildago County Office of the Criminal District Attorney in Edinburg, Texas. Judge Castaneda is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
In the record
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Other judges at Harlingen
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.