Saul Greenstein
Immigration Judge, Houston Immigration Court. Appointed October 2010 by Eric Holder.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 844
- Asylum granted
- 89
- Other relief granted
- 27
- Denied
- 728
- Against own court
- +0.2 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76% | 75% | 68% | 77% | 91% | 96% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 88% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Honduras (23.5%), El Salvador (19.2%), Mexico (14.3%), Guatemala (8.5%), Venezuela (7.8%).
Official biography
Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Judge Greenstein in October 2010. Judge Greenstein received a bachelor of arts degree in 1994 from Brooklyn College and a juris doctorate in 1997 from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. From 2004 to October 2010, he worked as a trial attorney, Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C. From 1999 to 2004, Judge Greenstein was an assistant chief counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Newark, N.J. From 1997 to 1999, he served in the Attorney General's Honors Program, DOJ, Executive Office for Immigration Review, both in the Newark Immigration Court as a judicial law clerk and in the New York Immigration Court as an attorney advisor. Judge Greenstein is a member of the New Jersey and New York State Bars.
In the record
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Other judges at Houston
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.