What is Judge Courtney Stevens's background?
EOIR's notice says that Courtney Stevens was appointed in November 2024. Judge Chua Stevens earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2008 from Tufts University and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. From 2019 to 2024, she was with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in New York City serving in the following positions: deputy chief counsel (2023-2024) and assistant chief counsel (2019-2023). From 2012 to 2019, she was an attorney in private practice in New York City practicing matrimonial, family, and immigration law.
What does TRAC report about Judge Courtney Stevens'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 Courtney Stevens decided 198 asylum cases at Laredo Immigration Court and denied 96.5 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 Courtney Stevens 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 Laredo Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.