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The 2026-07-01 snapshot shows a 5.4% historical asylum grant rate for Batavia, NY Immigration Court, based on 911 grants and 16,027 denials (16,938 decided outcomes).
The Batavia, NY Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 5.4% across 16,938 decided cases. The court has 3 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Batavia, NY Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 5.4% 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 Reid, John B. (10,136 total cases), Aikman, Susan, F (487 total cases), and Merriman, Joy A. (279 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (628 decided, 2.1% grant rate), Dominican Republic (261 decided, 5.4% grant rate), and Ecuador (236 decided, 2.5% 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 Batavia, NY Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 1 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reid, John B. | 4.6% | 417 | 8,635 | 9,052 |
| Aikman, Susan, F | 16.2% | 65 | 335 | 400 |
| Merriman, Joy A. | 8.0% | 17 | 195 | 212 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2.1% | 13 | 615 | 628 |
| Dominican Republic | 5.4% | 14 | 247 | 261 |
| Ecuador | 2.5% | 6 | 230 | 236 |
| Guatemala | 0.9% | 2 | 217 | 219 |
| El Salvador | 11.8% | 20 | 150 | 170 |
| Honduras | 0.6% | 1 | 164 | 165 |
| Venezuela | 6.8% | 9 | 123 | 132 |
| Jamaica | 9.6% | 12 | 113 | 125 |
| Colombia | 1.8% | 2 | 111 | 113 |
| India | 5.1% | 4 | 74 | 78 |
| Haiti | 14.3% | 9 | 54 | 63 |
| Brazil | 7.3% | 4 | 51 | 55 |
| China | 10.2% | 5 | 44 | 49 |
| Cuba | 12.5% | 5 | 35 | 40 |
| Peru | 0.0% | 0 | 37 | 37 |
| Russia | 17.6% | 6 | 28 | 34 |
| Guyana | 21.9% | 7 | 25 | 32 |
| Turkey | 9.4% | 3 | 29 | 32 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| Nicaragua | 7.4% | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| Bangladesh | 0.0% | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Afghanistan | 30.0% | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| Romania | 5.6% | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Georgia | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Guinea | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Sudan | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Canada | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Iran | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Sierra Leone | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Ethiopia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Pakistan | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ghana | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |