What is Judge Allan John-Baptiste's background?
EOIR's notice says that Allan John-Baptiste was appointed in June 2020. Judge John-Baptiste earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from Florida Memorial University and a Juris Doctor in 2003 from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad School of Law. From 2013 to 2020, he served as an assistant general counsel, Federal Bureau of Prisons, in Grand Prairie, Texas. From 2007 to 2013, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of the Virgin Islands, in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. From 2004 to 2007, he served as an assistant state attorney, Office of the State Attorney, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
What does TRAC report about Judge Allan John-Baptiste's asylum decisions?
TRAC, a research center that began at Syracuse University, reports that for FY 2021 - 2026 (data covers the first 9 months of fiscal year 2026), Judge Allan John-Baptiste decided 219 asylum cases at Dallas Immigration Court and denied 79.0 percent, based on its report of Aug 27, 2026. These are past figures for one court. They do not predict your case, which turns on your facts, evidence, nationality and representation, and TRAC cautions against simple comparisons between judges at different courts. Read the full report at TRAC, and talk to a lawyer about your own case.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Allan John-Baptiste in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Immigration Judge. The record is not an appointment history or an employment certification.
Dated court associations
EOIR’s court-specific tables associate this entry with Fort Worth Immigration Adjudication Center. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.