Lorely Ramirez Fernandez
Immigration Judge, New Orleans Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 567
- Asylum granted
- 6
- Other relief granted
- 14
- Denied
- 547
- Against own court
- +27.2 pts
| FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|
| 93% | 97% |
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 earned 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
Report: Disparate swings in asylum outcomes by US immigration judges
Reporting on TRAC asylum data, Border Report notes El Paso immigration judges' denial rates range from 14.7% to 85.5% and says Judge Lorely Ramirez Fernandez heard 129 cases since 2019, granting asylum in 70.5% and other relief in 14.7%.
Executive Office for Immigration Review Swears in 46 Immigration Judges
EOIR announced that Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Lorely Ramirez Fernandez to the Otero Immigration Court, beginning cases in October 2018. She had served as assistant chief counsel from 2007 and senior attorney from 2016 with ICE's Office of the Principal Legal Advisor.
Other judges at New Orleans
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.