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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 |