What is Judge Monica Guidry's background?
EOIR's notice says that Monica Guidry was appointed in October 2018. Judge Guidry earned a Bachelor of Science in 1984 and a Master of Arts degree in 1987 from Sam Houston State University. She earned a Juris Doctor in 1997 from South Texas College of Law. From 2009 to 2018, she was a deputy chief counsel with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Houston. From 2002 to 2009, she was an assistant district counsel and an assistant chief counsel with ICE, DHS, first in Los Angeles and later in Houston. From 2000 to 2002, she was an attorney and regulatory specialist with the Alfred Mann Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. From 1998 to 2000, she was an attorney with the U.S. Department of Labor in Kansas City, Missouri.
What does TRAC report about Judge Monica Guidry'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 Monica Guidry decided 471 asylum cases at Houston - Greenspoint Immigration Court and denied 86.8 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 Monica Guidry 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.