Lorely Ramirez Fernandez
Immigration Judge, El Paso Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 281
- Asylum granted
- 118
- Other relief granted
- 48
- Denied
- 115
- Against own court
- -23.4 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| 12% | 20% | 79% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 69% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Venezuela (30.2%), Cuba (14.6%), Mexico (14.2%), Nicaragua (5.7%), Colombia (5.3%).
Official biography
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Lorely Ramirez Fernandez to begin hearing cases in October 2018. Judge Fernandez ear ned a Bachelor in Business Administration in 2001 from Our Lady of the Lake University and a Juris Doctor in 2004 from the University of Houston Law Center. From 2007 to 2016, she was an assistant chief counsel, and from 2016 to 2018 a senior attorney, with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration Customs Enforcement,Department of Homeland Security, in El Paso, Texas. In 2007, she was a staff attorney with Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center in El Paso. From 2005 to 2007, she was an associate with Spector & Spector in El Paso. Judge Fernandez is a member of the Texas State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at El Paso
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.