Richard J. Jr Bartolomei
Status: active
- Asylum Grant Rate
- 44.7%
- Denial Rate
- 46.3%
Immigration judge
Public EOIR asylum decision statistics
Grant rate
49.6%
129 / 260
Total decisions
260
Merits decision sample in current public statistics
Grant rate
49.6%
Grants: 129
Denial rate
28.1%
Denials: 73
Other relief rate
22.3%
Other relief: 58
This profile is summarized from public sources for background context only. It is not an ImmJudge evaluation.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Cynthia A. Lafuente-Gaona to begin hearingcases in November 2017. Judge Lafuente-Gaona earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991 fromthe University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor in 1998 from the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law. From 2005 to 2017, she worked for the U.S. House of Representatives in theoffice of Congressman Henry Cuellar in San Antonio, serving as deputy chief of staff and counselfrom 2005 to 2010, and chief of staff and counsel from 2011 to 2017. From 2005 to 2014, she wasalso a sole practitioner at the Law Offices of Robert Gaona & Associates, in San Antonio. From 1998 to 2004, she served as assistant attorney general for the State of Texas Attorney General, in San Antonio. Judge Lafuente-Gaona is a member of the Texas State Bar.
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Source: TRAC Judge Report · View original report
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