What is Judge Danielle Garten's background?
EOIR's notice says that Danielle Garten was appointed in December 2022. Judge Garten earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from Quinnipiac University and a Juris Doctor in 2005 from Touro College-Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. From 2016 to 2022, she served as an assistant chief counsel, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in El Paso, Texas. During that time, she served as a special assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas-El Paso Division. From 2011 to 2016, she was an associate attorney at Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C. in New York. From 2009 to 2011, she served as an information, review, and release analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia.
What does TRAC report about Judge Danielle Garten'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 Danielle Garten decided 291 asylum cases at Houston - Greenspoint Immigration Court and denied 94.8 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 Danielle Garten 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 Houston - Greenspoint Park Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.