Judge Thomsen, Scott

29.3%

Approval Rate

776

Granted

1,883

Denied

2,659

Total Decided

Judge Thomsen, Scott serves at the Indianapolis, IN Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 29.3%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

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DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Thomsen (Indianapolis, IN) data snapshot: China vs Colombia grant rates differ 47×, overall rate fell from 31% to 7% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Thomsen, Scott (IJ code STT, Indianapolis, IN):

Overall track record

32 years on the bench (since 1995), 3,645 cases total, lifetime grant rate 26.1%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,823 cases, grant rate 20.0% — 12.1pp above the Indianapolis court average (8.0%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Mexico                 319   10.0%
Nicaragua              297    7.1%
Venezuela              263   24.1%
Ecuador                252    5.6%
Guatemala              238    8.8%
China                  213   66.7%
Honduras               213    7.7%
Colombia               152    1.4%
El Salvador            107   28.7%
India                  101   23.5%
Nigeria                 95   39.3%

China applicants see a 66.7% grant rate versus 1.4% for Colombia applicants — a 47.3× gap on this judge's docket.

Year-by-year

2023:  616 cases, 31.2% grant rate
2024:  601 cases, 25.0% grant rate
2025:  605 cases, 24.2% grant rate
2026: 1001 cases, 7.4% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Thomsen, I'd love to hear:

1. What's your nationality, and when was your most recent hearing?

2. How did your attorney prepare for this judge specifically?

Source: EOIR (U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review) public statistics, May 2026 release, compiled by AsylumTracker. A judge's historical pattern does not predict the outcome of any individual case; this is shared to help set realistic expectations. Real-experience accounts from the community are welcome.

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How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Thomsen, Scott is listed with the Indianapolis, IN Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 29.3% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights China (306 decided, 72.9% grant rate), Ecuador (268 decided, 7.5% grant rate), and Guatemala (223 decided, 10.8% grant rate). Compare these rows with the judge's overall rate because nationality mix can materially change how the headline number should be read.

Grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.

This page is based on public EOIR data last updated 2026-05-08. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

Read the grant-rate methodology or learn how to read immigration judge statistics.

Approval Rate by Nationality

Nationality	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
China	72.9%	223	83	306
Ecuador	7.5%	20	248	268
Guatemala	10.8%	24	199	223
Venezuela	30.6%	66	150	216
Mexico	17.9%	38	174	212
Honduras	15.9%	33	175	208
Nicaragua	11.2%	22	174	196
El Salvador	40.5%	70	103	173
Colombia	1.5%	2	130	132
India	41.5%	54	76	130
Nigeria	41.2%	33	47	80
Bangladesh	74.1%	43	15	58
Peru	7.4%	4	50	54
Haiti	13.2%	7	46	53
Nepal	59.2%	29	20	49
Russia	14.7%	5	29	34
Dominican Republic	32.0%	8	17	25
Albania	87.5%	21	3	24
Uzbekistan	14.3%	3	18	21
Pakistan	89.5%	17	2	19
Jamaica	22.2%	4	14	18
Georgia	16.7%	3	15	18
Soviet Union	69.2%	9	4	13
Mauritania	7.7%	1	12	13
Burkina Faso	70.0%	7	3	10
Ukraine	80.0%	8	2	10
Romania	0.0%	0	10	10
Turkey	0.0%	0	10	10
Chad	0.0%	0	9	9
Guinea	0.0%	0	7	7
Sri Lanka	50.0%	3	3	6
Panama	33.3%	2	4	6
Senegal	20.0%	1	4	5
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)	60.0%	3	2	5
Turkmenistan	0.0%	0	4	4
United Kingdom	0.0%	0	4	4
Yemen	100.0%	4	0	4
Trinidad And Tobago	66.7%	2	1	3
Guyana	66.7%	2	1	3
Brazil	33.3%	1	2	3
Chile	0.0%	0	3	3
Egypt	33.3%	1	2	3
Kosovo	100.0%	3	0	3
Niger	0.0%	0	3	3
Vietnam	0.0%	0	3	3
Cuba	0.0%	0	2	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	10.8%	59	485	544
2025	24.2%	133	417	550
2024	24.9%	145	437	582
2023	31.2%	186	410	596
2022	57.3%	266	198	464
2021	66.2%	45	23	68
2020	50.0%	8	8	16

Community Discussion

Judge Thomsen (Indianapolis, IN) data snapshot: China vs Colombia grant rates differ 47×, overall rate fell from 31% to 7% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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