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Virginia Perez-Guzman

Immigration Judge, Dallas Immigration Court. Appointed December 2010 by Eric Holder.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Perez-Guzman34.6%
Dallas court70.1%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
153
Asylum granted
72
Other relief granted
28
Denied
53
Against own court
-35.5 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23
58%41%22%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 89% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: El Salvador (28.8%), Honduras (13.1%), Mexico (9.8%), Egypt (8.5%), Guatemala (8.5%).

Official biography

Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Judge Perez-Guzman in December 2010. Judge Perez-Guzman received a bachelor of arts degree in 1993 from Florida International University and a juris doctorate in 1997 from University of Miami School of Law. From 2009 to December 2010, she was in private practice in Miami. From 2002 to 2009, she worked for the Church World Service as director of the Miami Office, Immigration and Refugee Program. From 2000 to 2002, Judge Perez-Guzman worked as a program administrator for the Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women. From 1997 to 2000, she was director and founder of Lucha: A Women's Legal Program at the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center. Judge Perez-Guzman is a member of the Florida Bar.

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.