What is Judge Hugo Martinez's background?
EOIR's notice says that Hugo Martinez was appointed in October 2018. Judge Martinez earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2001 from Texas Wesleyan University and a Juris Doctor in 2004 from Texas A&M University School of Law. From 2010 to 2018, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas in Corpus Christi, Texas. From 2005 to 2010 he was assistant district attorney for the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2004, he was a law clerk with the Reina, Bates & Kowaski Immigration Law Group in Dallas.
What does TRAC report about Judge Hugo 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 Hugo Martinez decided 497 asylum cases at Dallas Immigration Court and denied 90.9 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 Hugo 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 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.