Morris I. Onyewuchi
Immigration Judge, Port Isabel Detention Center. Appointed March 2016 by Loretta E. Lynch.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 311
- Asylum granted
- 13
- Other relief granted
- 19
- Denied
- 279
- Against own court
- +5.4 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86% | 90% | 87% | 91% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 24% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Nicaragua (25.7%), Mexico (16.1%), Honduras (13.2%), El Salvador (7.7%), Colombia (6.1%).
Official biography
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Judge Morris I. Onyewuchi to begin hearing cases in March 2016. Judge Onyewuchi ear ned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1990 from Georgia State University, a Juris Doctor in 2002 from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, and a Master of Studies in International Human Rights Law in 2010 from the University of Oxford in Oxford, U.K. From 2002 to February 2016, Judge Onyewuchi served as assistant chief counsel and trial attorney for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Judge Onyewuchi is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
In the record
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Other judges at Los Fresnos
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.