Monica Thompson Guidry
Immigration Judge, Houston - Greenspoint Park. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 471
- Asylum granted
- 29
- Other relief granted
- 33
- Denied
- 409
- Against own court
- -2.6 pts
| FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91% | 81% | 76% | 94% | 90% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 83% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Honduras (31.6%), El Salvador (16.8%), Venezuela (10%), Cuba (9.6%), Mexico (8.1%).
Official biography
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Monica Thompson Guidry to begin hearing cases in October 2018. Judge Guidry ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 1984 and a Master of Arts degree in1987 from Sam Houston State University. She ear ned a Juris Doctor in 1997 from South Texas College of Law. From 2009 to 2018, she was a deputy chief counsel with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Houston. From 2002to 2009, she was an assistant district counsel and an assistant chief counsel with ICE, DHS, firstin Los Angeles and later in Houston. From 2000 to 2002, she was an attorney and regulatory specialist with the Alfred Mann Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. From 1998 to 2000, she was an attorney with the U.S. Department of Labor in Kansas City,Missouri. Judge Guidry is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
In the record
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Other judges at Houston - Greenspoint
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.