Kevin Brown
Immigration Judge, Houston South Gessner Immigration Court. Appointed January 2020 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 897
- Asylum granted
- 32
- Other relief granted
- 66
- Denied
- 799
- Against own court
- +7.1 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40% | 94% | 87% | 84% | 96% | 89% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 75% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Honduras (19%), Venezuela (17.4%), El Salvador (15.1%), Cuba (13.6%), Colombia (7.5%).
Official biography
Attorney General Barr appointed Kevin L. Brown to begin hearing cases in January 2020. Judge Brown ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 1993 from Virginia Tech, a Master of Science in 1996 from Grambling State University, a Juris Doctor in 1999 from Wake Forest University School of Law, and a Master of Laws in 2007 from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, U.S. Army. From 2016 to 2019, he served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in San Antonio, Texas. From 1999 to 2016, he served as a judge advocate for the U.S. Army in the following locations: Fort Gordon, Georgia; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Karshi-Khanabad, Uzbekistan; Charlottesville, Virginia; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Tikrit, Iraq; Fort Irwin, California; Suffolk, Virginia; and Fort Sam, Houston, Texas. Judge Brown is a member of the State Bar of Georgia.
In the record
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Other judges at Houston - Gessner
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.