Lorely Ramirez Fernandez

Immigration Judge, New Orleans Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.

StrictDenies far more often than the national average+33.6 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Fernandez96.5%

New Orleans court69.3%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 567
Asylum granted: 6
Other relief granted: 14
Denied: 547
Against own court: +27.2 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY25	FY26
93%	97%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 74% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (40.9%), Nicaragua (24.2%), Guatemala (8.8%), Mexico (4.9%), Venezuela (3.7%).

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.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

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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.