Stuart D. Alcorn
Immigration Judge, Pearsall Immigration Court. Appointed August 2018 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 340
- Asylum granted
- 59
- Other relief granted
- 39
- Denied
- 242
- Against own court
- -11.6 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47% | 69% | 74% | 84% | 82% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 37% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Honduras (19.7%), El Salvador (9.7%), Mexico (9.1%), Venezuela (7.1%), Colombia (6.5%).
Official biography
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Stuart D. Alcorn to begin hearing cases in August 2018. Judge Alcorn ear ned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1994 from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Juris Doctor in 2004 from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University. From 2008 to 2018, he served as assistant chief counsel for Immigrationand Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security in San Antonio, Texas. From2008 to 2017, he also served as a military defense attorney in the Judge Advocate General's(JAG) Corps, U.S. Army Reserve. From 2005 to 2008, he was a military prosecutor and command judge advocate in the JAG Corps at Fort Benning, Ga. In addition to military duties,during 2005 to 2008, he was special assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Columbus, Ga. In 2004, he was a law clerk for Ron Woods' legal practice in Houston. From2002 to 2004, he was a student clerk in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Houston. Judge Alcorn is am ember of the State Bar of Texas.
In the record
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Other judges at Pearsall
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.