What is Judge GMP's grant rate?

Immigration Judge GMP has an overall grant rate of 32.2% across 2,338 decisions at the Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court. The denial rate is 67.8%.

Where does Judge GMP serve?

Judge GMP serves at the Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court. You can view all judges and court-wide statistics on the court page.

How many cases has Judge GMP decided?

Judge GMP has decided 2,338 cases on record in DOJ EOIR data, including 753 grants and 1,585 denials.

Does a judge's grant rate predict my case outcome?

No. Judge GMP's 67.8% denial-leaning history still mixes case types, country conditions, and counsel rates, it is not a forecast for a future hearing. Always consult a licensed immigration attorney.

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Immigration Judge GMP

Name: Immigration Judge GMP - Case Outcome Data
Creator: PlainImmigration
Published: 2025-09-30
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According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: 2,338 merits decisions place Judge GMP among the busiest IJ codes in the FOIA release. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 2,338 decisions FY2015–2025 (#15 of 1.7K).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

32.2%
Asylum grant rate: 67.8%
Asylum denial rate: 2,338
Asylum decisions

Judge GMP in one line

Judge GMP's asylum grant rate is 32.2% (mid-band grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 2,338 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

32.2%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate: 2,338
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume: -16.1 pp
vs. national average

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"GMP" is the anonymized judge code DOJ's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) assigns in its public case-data release, not a verified public identity. EOIR does not publish immigration judges' full names in this dataset, so this code should not be read as confirming, or attributing these statistics to, any specific named individual. See our methodology for detail.

This judge's merits outcome mix

2,338merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted753(32%)Denied1,585(68%)

Statistical data only. Judge GMP's 67.8% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge GMP vs all tracked IJs by asylum grant rate

Where this judge's FY2015–2025 asylum grant rate sits among every tracked immigration judge (a leniency measure, not a quality ranking)

32.2% 1052nd of 1696 higher than 644 of 1,696 judges

Immigration judges, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Year-by-Year Outcomes

Historical asylum merits decisions for this anonymized EOIR judge code. Annual rows can be thin, and are not a forecast of any future case.

FY	Decisions	Grants	Denials	Grant %
2016	30	5	25	16.7%
2017	174	48	126	27.6%
2018	460	134	326	29.1%
2019	518	127	391	24.5%
2020	393	142	251	36.1%
2021	42	17	25	40.5%
2022	151	41	110	27.2%
2023	226	116	110	51.3%
2024	131	57	74	43.5%
2025	213	66	147	31.0%

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge GMP's grant rate

EOIR publishes immigration judges as three-letter codes, not names. This chamber lists nationwide IJs whose asylum grant rate is closest to 32.2% (ABS gap), with a merits-volume stamp so volume is visible without a second identical card grid.

1,695 other immigration judges nationwide have a tracked asylum grant rate; the 6 closest matches to Judge GMP are shown here.

IJ	Grant	Δ vs here	Merits	Stamp	Court
KAW	32.1%	-0.1 pp	1,014	FULL	Houston - Greenspoint Park
CBA	32.1%	-0.1 pp	448	LIGHT	Conroe
ROS	32.1%	-0.1 pp	421	LIGHT	Orlando
DHF	32.1%	-0.1 pp	28	THIN	Elizabeth
GET	32.1%	-0.1 pp	28	THIN	Los Angeles - West
JBT	32.4%	+0.2 pp	253	LIGHT	Boston

Same-bench poles at Houston - Smith Street

Same-bench spread at Houston - Smith Street: Judge GMP runs 32.2% - below the 48.3% national average among IJs with at least 20 merits here.

Nationwide judges with similar asylum caseload

Other courts' busiest IJ codes by merits volume, a caseload peer set orthogonal to the ABS(grant-rate) chamber above.

IJ DCA · Salt Lake City Immigration Court · 2,350 merits · 64.2% grant
IJ DRD · New York - Varick Street Immigration Court · 2,321 merits · 26.5% grant
IJ ASL · New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court · 2,267 merits · 81.5% grant
IJ DWT · New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court · 2,448 merits · 75.3% grant

Heavy-corpus IJ code GMP: 2,338 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Judge GMP's 2,338-decision EOIR row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ GMP at Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court; merits-decision volume 2,338. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 2,338 decisions FY2015–2025 (#15 of 1.7K).

Judge GMP's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - merits-decision volume 2,338, not hand-typed editorial values. justice.gov/eoir/foia-library-0

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Judge GMP's grant/denial/merits figures are recomputed live from the EOIR case-level extract on every request, never hand-typed. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-05.