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Mark S. Evans

Immigration Judge, Conroe Immigration Court. Appointed November 2018 by Jeff Sessions.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Evans64.9%
Conroe court84.7%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
134
Asylum granted
11
Other relief granted
36
Denied
87
Against own court
-19.8 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24
61%67%50%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 51% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Mexico (14.9%), El Salvador (14.2%), Honduras (12.7%), Nicaragua (11.9%), Colombia (6.7%).

Official biography

Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Mark S. Evans to begin hearing cases in November 2018. Judge Evans ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1982 from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Juris Doctor in 1987 from the University of Houston Law Center. From 1997 to2018, he served as an assistant chief counsel, senior attorney, and deputy chief counsel with the Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Houston. From 1996 to 1997, he served as assistant district attorney with the Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office in Richmond, Texas. From 1994 to 1996, he was anat torney in private practice, in Houston. From 1991 to 1994, he was an attorney with Driscolland Lacey, in Houston. From 1987 to 1991, he served as an assistant district attorney with the Harris County District Attorney's Office, in Houston. Judge Evans is a member of the State Barof Texas.

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

In the record

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

Other judges at Conroe

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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.