R. Wayne Kimball
Immigration Judge, Dallas Immigration Court. Appointed November 2011 by Eric Holder.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 107
- Asylum granted
- 19
- Other relief granted
- 8
- Denied
- 80
- Against own court
- +4.7 pts
| FY21 | FY22 |
|---|---|
| 61% | 83% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 95% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Honduras (29.9%), El Salvador (18.7%), Mexico (16.8%), Egypt (4.7%), Venezuela (4.7%).
Official biography
Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Judge Kimball in November 2011. Judge Kimball received a bachelor of arts degree in 1983 and a master of arts degree in 1984, both from Johns Hopkins University. He received his juris doctorate in 1988 from Georgetown University Law Center. From August 2001 to November 2011, Judge Kimball served as an administrative judge for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Dallas. From April 1994 to August 2001, he served as deputy district counsel for the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in New York. From 1988 to 1994, Judge Kimball was a trial attorney for INS in Dallas. From 1987 to 1988, he served as a law clerk, Office of the Chief Immigration Judge, EOIR, for the immigration courts in Phoenix and Falls Church, Va. During this time, he was the administrative editor of the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal. Judge Kimball is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
In the record
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Other judges at Dallas
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.