What is Judge Oshea Spencer's background?
EOIR's notice says that Oshea Spencer was appointed in October 2018. Judge Spencer earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1994 from the University of Texas and a Juris Doctor in 1997 from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. In 2018, she was an attorney for the Public Utility Commission of Texas in Austin. From 2005 to 2018, she was an associate municipal court judge in Baytown, Texas. From 2003 to 2013, she was an assistant district attorney in Richmond, Texas. From 2000 to 2002, she was director of scholarship management for NACME, Inc. in New York.
What does TRAC report about Judge Oshea Spencer'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 Oshea Spencer decided 560 asylum cases at Houston - Greenspoint Immigration Court and denied 92.5 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 Oshea Spencer 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.