What is Judge Anibal Martinez's background?
TRAC reports that Anibal Martinez was appointed in August 2010. Judge Martinez received a bachelor or arts degree in 1994 from Amherst College and a juris doctorate in 2000 from Columbia University School of Law. From 2005 to August 2010, Judge Martinez served as deputy chief counsel in the Office of Chief Counsel, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security, San Antonio, Texas. From 2001 to 2005, he worked as assistant chief counsel for ICE in New York, N.Y., and San Antonio. From 2000 to 2001, he was assistant chief counsel for the former Immigration and Naturalization Service in Newark, N.J.
What does TRAC report about Judge Anibal Martinez'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 Anibal Martinez decided 186 asylum cases at San Antonio Immigration Court and denied 29.6 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 Anibal Martinez 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 San Antonio Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.