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The Indianapolis, IN Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 4.5% across 5,109 decided cases. The court has 6 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Indianapolis, IN Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 4.5% 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 Thomsen, Scott (3,232 total cases), Burch, Valerie A. (2,439 total cases), and Barrow, Sarjo (1,305 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Nicaragua (933 decided, 10.8% grant rate), Venezuela (731 decided, 27.5% grant rate), and Mexico (663 decided, 3.0% 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 2026-05-08. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomsen, Scott | 29.2% | 776 | 1,883 | 2,659 |
| Burch, Valerie A. | 18.1% | 194 | 878 | 1,072 |
| Barrow, Sarjo | 10.7% | 111 | 923 | 1,034 |
| Miller, Jane Chace. | 0.3% | 3 | 1,068 | 1,071 |
| Holden, James | 4.4% | 5 | 109 | 114 |
| Kight, Megan | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua | 10.8% | 101 | 832 | 933 |
| Venezuela | 27.5% | 201 | 530 | 731 |
| Mexico | 3.0% | 20 | 643 | 663 |
| Honduras | 3.3% | 20 | 585 | 605 |
| Guatemala | 1.9% | 11 | 561 | 572 |
| Nigeria | 23.9% | 75 | 239 | 314 |
| India | 3.6% | 11 | 297 | 308 |
| El Salvador | 2.7% | 6 | 217 | 223 |
| Haiti | 3.1% | 6 | 189 | 195 |
| Colombia | 5.7% | 10 | 166 | 176 |
| Ecuador | 0.0% | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| Mauritania | 20.4% | 10 | 39 | 49 |
| Russia | 14.7% | 5 | 29 | 34 |
| Peru | 0.0% | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| China | 34.5% | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| Vietnam | 10.3% | 3 | 26 | 29 |
| Cuba | 28.0% | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| Guinea | 35.3% | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Brazil | 6.2% | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Niger | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Sudan | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Cameroon | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Egypt | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Kenya | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Jordan | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Pakistan | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Jamaica | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |