Houston Area Immigration Courts
The Houston area has four EOIR court locations. The Houston Immigration Court is at 500 Jefferson Street; Greenspoint and Gessner are non-detained satellites that EOIR opened as it expanded in Houston; and the Conroe court, north of the city, hears the detained docket at the Montgomery Processing Center. All four are in the Fifth Circuit.
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Courts in the Houston area
Houston Immigration Court
500 Jefferson Street, Suite 300, Houston, TX 77002
16 judges listed by EOIR · (713) 286-4300
Judges: Daniel P. Kinnicutt (ACIJ), Nimmo Bhagat, Sam Brown IV, Kevin N. Buras, Demetrius Cheeks, Scott V. Greenbaum, Saul E. Greenstein, Anwer A. Khan, Nicholas B. Lucic, Paul Marian, Revathi Muneer, Maritza S. Ramos, Lynn W. Wang, Gary E. Endelman, Bao Q. Nguyen, Kiera Parikh
Greenspoint Immigration Court
16800 Greenspoint Park Drive, 2nd Floor, Houston, TX 77060
Non-detained · 19 judges listed by EOIR · (281) 765-5900
Judges: Adam Jovanovic (ACIJ), James Abeshaus, Veronique DeRouselle, Justin S. Dinsdale, Danielle H. Garten, Monica Thompson Guidry, Maria L. Jaimes-Salgado, Alexander H. Lee, Jan Mangum-Merendino, Alex G. Mason, Joshua D. Osborn, Martinque M. Parker, Alex D. Perez, Christopher V. Phan, Artie R. Pobjecky, Oshea D. Spencer, Jason L. Stern, Lydia G. Tamez, Kenya L. Wells
Gessner Immigration Court
8701 S. Gessner Road, 10th Floor, Houston, TX 77074
Non-detained · 13 judges listed by EOIR · (713) 995-3900
Judges: Adam Jovanovic (ACIJ), Jonathan C. Andresen, Kevin L. Brown, Geoffrey Hoffman, Arkesia S. Jenkins-Dargan, DeLana M. Jones, Jacquelyn Jo Joyce, Dania Nassar, David Paxton, Veronika Rabon, Christopher M. Schumann, Andrew X. Stawar, Lian Yeh
Conroe Immigration Court
806 Hilbig Road, Suite 2-300, 2nd Floor, Conroe, TX 77301
Detained court · 15 judges listed by EOIR · (936) 520-5400
Judges: Daniel P. Kinnicutt (ACIJ), Chris A. Brisack, Steven S. Chase, Tim Cole, Andrea Cole, Holly A. D'Andrea, Nicholle Hempel, Frank A. Jury II, Jared M. Kennedy, John McPhail, Robert L. Powell, Billy J. Sapp, Joseph Secola, Abdias Tida, James Worley
Detained cases in the Houston area
A detained person can ask for a bond hearing where the law allows it.
Which court is my case in?
Your Notice to Appear or latest hearing notice names it; look it up with your A-number in EOIR's case information system (opens in new tab). A judge may move a case to another court for good cause (8 C.F.R. § 1003.20 (opens in new tab)). Step by step: how to check your immigration court date.
Appeals: the 5th Circuit
After a final BIA order, a petition for review from Houston-area courts goes to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit within 30 days (8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1)–(2) (opens in new tab)). The BIA follows 5th Circuit precedent in cases from the Houston area (Matter of Anselmo, 20 I&N Dec. 25 (BIA 1989) (opens in new tab)).
News from these courts
EOIR Names 18 New Judges to Houston's Three Immigration Courts
Gessner Immigration Court · Greenspoint Immigration Court · Houston Immigration Court
EOIR assigned 18 new judges to Houston's Jefferson Street, Greenspoint Park and S. Gessner Road courts from October 2025 to September 2026. Who they are.
New Immigration Judges at the Conroe and Pearsall Detained Courts in Texas
Conroe Immigration Court
EOIR named seven new immigration judges for the Conroe and Pearsall detained courts in Texas in 2026. Who they are, which facilities, and bond hearings.
Need a defense in these courts? See our deportation defense lawyer page — a former U.S. Immigration Judge — and our immigration bond lawyer page. We also handle asylum, criminal immigration, green card, marriage green card, K-1 fiancé visa, TPS, U visa and VAWA, waiver, appeals and citizenship cases.
Frequently asked questions
How many immigration courts are in the Houston area?
EOIR has 4 court locations in the Houston area: Houston Immigration Court, Greenspoint Immigration Court, Gessner Immigration Court and Conroe Immigration Court.
Which Houston-area immigration courts hear detained cases?
Conroe Immigration Court. If your family member is held by ICE, the case is usually heard at one of these courts. A detained person can ask for a bond hearing where the law allows it.
Which Houston-area immigration courts hear non-detained cases?
Greenspoint Immigration Court and Gessner Immigration Court.