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The Indianapolis, IN Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 6.2% across 9,203 decided cases. The court has 10 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Indianapolis, IN Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 6.2% 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 Thomsen, Scott (4,130 total cases), Burch, Valerie A. (3,180 total cases), and Bratton, Scott (2,569 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (1,578 decided, 1.5% grant rate), Nicaragua (1,548 decided, 6.7% grant rate), and Venezuela (1,226 decided, 16.8% 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 Indianapolis, IN Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 161 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomsen, Scott | 23.2% | 863 | 2,861 | 3,724 |
| Burch, Valerie A. | 13.9% | 366 | 2,258 | 2,624 |
| Bratton, Scott | 12.5% | 300 | 2,106 | 2,406 |
| Conklin, Daniel B. | 8.3% | 182 | 1,999 | 2,181 |
| Miller, Jane Chace. | 0.2% | 4 | 1,624 | 1,628 |
| Barrow, Sarjo | 9.5% | 123 | 1,176 | 1,299 |
| Driscoll, Robert | 4.4% | 59 | 1,295 | 1,354 |
| Warf, Wayne J. | 0.0% | 0 | 109 | 109 |
| Welling, Shayne M. | 3.5% | 3 | 82 | 85 |
| Kight, Megan | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1.5% | 24 | 1,554 | 1,578 |
| Nicaragua | 6.7% | 104 | 1,444 | 1,548 |
| Venezuela | 16.8% | 206 | 1,020 | 1,226 |
| Honduras | 1.9% | 21 | 1,059 | 1,080 |
| Guatemala | 1.4% | 13 | 943 | 956 |
| India | 2.7% | 12 | 437 | 449 |
| Haiti | 1.4% | 6 | 437 | 443 |
| Nigeria | 21.0% | 81 | 305 | 386 |
| El Salvador | 2.0% | 7 | 345 | 352 |
| Colombia | 3.3% | 10 | 293 | 303 |
| Ecuador | 0.0% | 0 | 95 | 95 |
| Mauritania | 15.3% | 11 | 61 | 72 |
| Cuba | 11.3% | 7 | 55 | 62 |
| Peru | 0.0% | 0 | 49 | 49 |
| Vietnam | 6.1% | 3 | 46 | 49 |
| Russia | 10.4% | 5 | 43 | 48 |
| China | 25.0% | 10 | 30 | 40 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| Brazil | 3.7% | 1 | 26 | 27 |
| Guinea | 28.0% | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| Niger | 6.2% | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| Sudan | 30.8% | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Egypt | 36.4% | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Jamaica | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Guyana | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Poland | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Cameroon | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Jordan | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Pakistan | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Kenya | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Malawi | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Turkey | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |