Judge Freerks, Lamonte S.

Hearing cases: hearings are scheduled

Last hearing: July 29, 2026
Next hearing: August 4, 2026 · 31 scheduled in all
Last decision: July 30, 2025
Now sitting at: PHOENIX — IMMIGRATION COURT

Courts worked at: 15

Hearings scheduled here

PHOENIX — IMMIGRATION COURT1984—2026 · 77,551 hearings

Worked here before

FLORENCE — IMMIGRATION COURT1985—2022 · 52,187 hearings
ELOY — IMMIGRATION COURT1994—2018 · 167 hearings
SAN DIEGO — IMMIGRATION COURT2017—2017 · 182 hearings
NEW ORLEANS — IMMIGRATION COURT2016—2016 · 266 hearings
KANSAS CITY — IMMIGRATION COURT2016—2016 · 75 hearings
PEARSALL — IMMIGRATION COURT2006—2015 · 453 hearings
CONROE — IMMIGRATION COURT2014—2014 · 186 hearings
IMPERIAL — IMMIGRATION COURT1994—2011 · 126 hearings
SAN ANTONIO — IMMIGRATION COURT2006—2010 · 188 hearings
ADELANTO — IMMIGRATION COURT2007—2009 · 70 hearings
TUCSON — IMMIGRATION COURT1996—2007 · 47 hearings
LAREDO — IMMIGRATION COURT2006—2007 · 70 hearings
SACRAMENTO — IMMIGRATION COURT1995—1998 · 201 hearings
LAS VEGAS — IMMIGRATION COURT1995—1998 · 101 hearings

The periods overlap, and that is not an error: a judge hears cases at a new court while still closing out old ones at the previous one. Each row answers "when did this judge work here", not "from when to when did they serve here".

Status is derived from the court calendar: whether the judge has hearings scheduled after the release cutoff. The EOIR release carries no personnel data, so retirement, removal, elevation to the BIA and extended absence cannot be told apart — only what the data shows is stated here. Hearings are scheduled two to three years out, so an empty calendar for a working judge is rare; for judges who went quiet in the last few months it may still be an artifact of the cutoff, which lags by about a month. The lookup table's "active" flag is not used: it disagrees with the calendar for a third of judges.

43%

Asylum grant rate

of 1,408 decisions · FY1985–FY2025

95% interval: 41% — 46%

granted:: 608
denied:: 800

How this percentage is calculated

Grant rate = granted / (granted + denied). Administrative closures, withdrawals, abandonment and "not adjudicated" are excluded from the denominator. The unit of count is a decision per proceeding, not per application: applicants almost always file asylum, withholding and CAT protection together. Withholding and CAT grants are counted separately from asylum. U.S. fiscal year: October 1 – September 30.

How this compares

This judge43% (1,408)
The whole court — FLORENCE — IMMIGRATION COURT17% (3,498)
All U.S. courts33% (1,350,724)

This comparison does not adjust for which cases a judge was given: judges see different nationalities, different shares of detained respondents, and different rates of legal representation. A difference in percentages does not by itself mean identical cases were treated differently.

Trend by fiscal year

U.S. fiscal year: October 1 – September 30.

Years with fewer than 10 decisions are not plotted (3): at that sample size the percentage is noise. They remain in the table.

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Grant rate by fiscal year
Period	decisions	granted	95% interval
FY2025	13	62%	36% — 82%
FY2024	75	36%	26% — 47%
FY2023	91	19%	12% — 28%
FY2022	46	33%	21% — 47%
FY2021	12	42%	19% — 68%
FY2020	46	13%	6% — 26%
FY2019	41	22%	12% — 37%
FY2018	41	46%	32% — 61%
FY2017	19	26%	12% — 49%
FY2016	8	25%	7% — 59%
FY2015	21	19%	8% — 40%
FY2014	19	26%	12% — 49%
FY2013	16	50%	28% — 72%
FY2012	28	36%	21% — 54%
FY2011	28	39%	24% — 58%
FY2010	42	33%	21% — 48%
FY2009	47	53%	39% — 67%
FY2008	70	64%	53% — 74%
FY2007	138	72%	64% — 79%
FY2006	181	72%	65% — 78%
FY2005	99	63%	53% — 72%
FY2004	32	22%	11% — 39%
FY2003	15	27%	11% — 52%
FY2002	16	0%	0% — 19%
FY2001	32	22%	11% — 39%
FY2000	39	26%	15% — 41%
FY1999	32	16%	7% — 32%
FY1998	24	29%	15% — 49%
FY1997	34	32%	19% — 49%
FY1996	71	27%	18% — 38%
FY1995	30	37%	22% — 54%
FY1989	1	0%	0% — 79%
FY1985	1	0%	0% — 79%

By applicant nationality

Grant rate by nationality, largest volumes first
Nationality	decisions	granted	95% interval
CHINA	320	81%	76% — 85%
GUATEMALA	198	11%	7% — 16%
MEXICO	139	14%	10% — 21%
EL SALVADOR	109	8%	4% — 15%
HONDURAS	75	12%	6% — 21%
BULGARIA	57	81%	69% — 89%
CUBA	42	31%	19% — 46%
IRAQ	27	78%	59% — 89%
NICARAGUA	27	41%	25% — 59%
INDIA	24	17%	7% — 36%
ROMANIA	23	9%	2% — 27%
COLOMBIA	18	56%	34% — 75%
CAMEROON	18	100%	82% — 100%
INDONESIA	17	6%	1% — 27%
VENEZUELA	17	76%	53% — 90%

How long a case takes

How long it took from service of the NTA to the decision on the application, for the cases this judge has already finished.

23 mo

median

half of cases: 8—45 mo

based on 1,408 cases

NTA-to-decision duration by fiscal year
Decided in	Cases	median	half of cases, mo
FY2024	75	25 mo	21—33
FY2023	91	56 mo	45—74
FY2022	46	60 mo	49—64
FY2020	46	50 mo	37—80
FY2019	41	45 mo	26—64
FY2018	41	73 mo	48—89
FY2010	42	31 mo	25—46
FY2009	47	33 mo	22—46
FY2008	70	25 mo	17—40
FY2007	138	19 mo	12—33

Duration runs from the NTA date (charging document served) to the decision on the application. Median, not mean: the distribution has a long right tail. Cases decided this year may have begun a decade ago, so duration by year of decision is not a forecast for a case filed today.

The queue

Cases with no decision yet. A different figure from the duration of completed cases: quick cases leave the queue first, so the long ones accumulate among those still waiting.

No undecided cases in this release.

What became of appeals to the BIA

An immigration judge's decision can be appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals. This is what the Board did with those appeals. A high share of reversals and remands tells a different story than a low grant rate alone.

What became of appeals to the BIA
BIA decision	Appeals
Dismiss Appeal/Affirm IJ's Decision	746
Remand	651
Dismissed (Voluntary Departure Granted)	354
Withdrawal of Appeal	252
Denied	221
Summary Affirmance	102
Other	85
Termination	72
Background Check Remand	69
Sustain	61
Lacks Jurisdiction - BIA	57
Moot Bond	53
SUMMARY AFFIRMANCE/VD	52
Administratively Closed-DHS PD	48
Terminate-DHS PD	42
Dismiss Soriano	35
Administratively Closed	26
Grant with no Remand	14
Summarily Dismiss	13
Dismiss as Untimely	13
Summary Dismissal (e) no brief	12
Dismissed (Grant V/D 30 days)	11
Granted	6
Summary Dismissal (G) untimely or waived appeal	4
SPECIAL NACARA CONTINUATION	3
Continued	3
MB	3
Granted Soriano	2
Other Soriano	2
Dismissed as Moot	1
ROP Returned to Court to correct deficiency	1
American Baptist Church Settlement	1
SUMMARY DISMISSAL - BOTH (a) & (e)	1
Summary Dismissal (a) inad reason on appeal	1
Withdrawal-DHS PD	1
Rejection	1
Temporary Protected Status	1

Data comes from the monthly EOIR Case Data release (U.S. DOJ FOIA Library). This service is not affiliated with the U.S. government and does not provide legal advice. The data lags by roughly a month; for current case status use ACIS and Respondent Access. The source is known to have missing records, including relief applications — absent data does not mean it is absent from your case.