6 judges · LA
The Baton Rouge, LA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 0.5% across 2,623 decided cases. The court has 6 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Baton Rouge, LA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 0.5% in the current AsylumTracker dataset. Court-level statistics aggregate judges and cases assigned to that court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Thogersen, Cassie A. (3,999 total cases), Holliday, Carey R. (3,476 total cases), and Laragy, W. Scott (3,018 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (1,057 decided, 0.0% grant rate), Mexico (514 decided, 0.0% grant rate), and Guatemala (402 decided, 0.2% grant rate).
Asylum grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Procedural outcomes are separated so users can distinguish merits decisions from docket-management outcomes.
This page uses public EOIR records last updated 2026-07-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Baton Rouge, LA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 70 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
LA — Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Alexandria, Houma, Bossier City, Denham Springs, Mandeville, Cut Off, Gonzales, Morgan City
MS — Jackson, Biloxi, Hattiesburg, Brandon, Laurel
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thogersen, Cassie A. | 2.4% | 65 | 2,660 | 2,725 |
| Holliday, Carey R. | 15.3% | 402 | 2,219 | 2,621 |
| Laragy, W. Scott | 2.1% | 45 | 2,101 | 2,146 |
| Comans, Jamee E. | 0.7% | 14 | 2,019 | 2,033 |
| White, Romaine | 6.0% | 123 | 1,917 | 2,040 |
| Moore, Patrick E. | 0.6% | 2 | 350 | 352 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 0.0% | 0 | 1,057 | 1,057 |
| Mexico | 0.0% | 0 | 514 | 514 |
| Guatemala | 0.2% | 1 | 401 | 402 |
| Nicaragua | 0.0% | 0 | 173 | 173 |
| India | 0.0% | 0 | 81 | 81 |
| Venezuela | 0.0% | 0 | 72 | 72 |
| El Salvador | 0.0% | 0 | 65 | 65 |
| Colombia | 0.0% | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| Vietnam | 0.0% | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| China | 20.0% | 5 | 20 | 25 |
| Brazil | 0.0% | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| Mauritania | 4.5% | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Ecuador | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Turkey | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Jordan | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Cuba | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |