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Inside Immigration

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Richard R. Ozmun

Immigration Judge, Dallas Immigration Court. Appointed July 2002.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

TRAC source →
Judge Ozmun54.7%
Dallas court70.1%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
422
Asylum granted
43
Other relief granted
148
Denied
231
Against own court
-15.4 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
75%76%39%32%52%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 64% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: El Salvador (18.2%), Honduras (15.2%), Venezuela (14.2%), Guatemala (13.3%), Mexico (9.7%).

Official biography

Judge Ozmun was appointed as an Immigration Judge in July 2002. Prior to his assignment in the El Paso Court in October 2002, Judge Ozmun served as an Immigration Judge in Los Angeles. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1968 from Southwestern State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma, and a Juris Doctorate in 1977 from the University of Oklahoma. Judge Ozmun retired from the U.S. Navy in July 2002 after serving for 33 years. He is a member of the Oklahoma Bar and the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court.

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 Dallas

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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.