What is the grant rate at the Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court immigration court?

The Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court immigration court has an overall grant rate of 39.2% and a denial rate of 60.8%, based on 12,430 asylum merits decisions (FY2015–2025) from DOJ EOIR records.

How many immigration judges serve at Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court?

Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court reports 29 immigration judges with a wide 70.5 pp lottery (7.4% to 77.9%).

How long do cases take at Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court?

The average wait time at Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court is approximately 32 months. Wait times vary based on case type, docket load, and whether continuances are granted.

Where is the Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court immigration court located?

Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court sits in Atlanta, GA, and is one of the heavier FY2015–2025 merits venues in the EOIR FOIA extract.

Does the grant rate predict my case outcome at Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court?

No. Grant rates are historical averages reflecting aggregate outcomes across all case types and judges. Individual outcomes depend on the specific facts of each case, the judge assigned, the type of relief sought, and whether you have legal representation. Always consult a licensed immigration attorney.

How has the Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court grant rate changed over time?

Between FY2015 and FY2025, the grant rate at Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court increased from 18.8% to 47.3%. Year-by-year data is shown in the trends table on this page.

Courts → Atlanta, GA

Immigration court · Atlanta, GA

Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court

Name: Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court Immigration Court Data
Creator: PlainImmigration
Published: 2025-09-30
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: a 70.5 pp judge-level grant spread is the widest lottery stamp on Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street's bench. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 12,430 decisions FY2015–2025 (#19 of 77).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

39.2%
Asylum grant rate: 60.8%
Asylum denial rate: 118,212
Pending cases: 32 mo
Time to decision

Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street in one line

Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street's asylum grant rate is 39.2% (mid-band grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 12,430 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

39.2%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate: 12,430
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume: -9.1 pp
vs. national average: 70.5 pp
Judge-level grant spread · wide

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What this court's record shows

Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court recorded 12,430 asylum merits decisions in the FY2015–2025 EOIR extract. Its 39.2% grant rate is 9.1 percentage points below the 48.3% national rate. That comparison describes the historical docket, not the likelihood of an outcome in a future case.

Wide judge lottery: 7.4% to 77.9% (70.5 pp) across 29 reported judges at Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street. Case mix and assignment still shape the court aggregate.

Heavy-corpus court (#19 of 77): peer grids below match on grant rate and merits volume; methodology covers EOIR extract limits.

Court outlook score

35/100

Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions

A weighted composite of asylum grant rate, time to decision, and backlog ratio against the full tracked-court corpus. It describes the historical docket, not the odds of any one case, and does not weigh legal representation, case type, or judge assignment.

Asylum grant rate C- 39.2%

Share of merits decisions granting relief, FY2015-2025
Time to decision F 32 mo

Average recorded months from filing to decision
Backlog ratio F 31.3%

Pending cases as a share of the court's own total caseload

EOIR bench spread roll

Grant-rate neighbourhood for Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street

Nearest grant-rate peers for Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street, where the 70.5 pp judge lottery is the standout bench stamp.

SPREAD 70.5pp WIDE JUDGES 29 WAIT MID PEND 118,212 GRANT 39.2% RANK #19 of 77

Asylum grant rate · Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street highlighted · DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025

Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court vs all courts by asylum merits caseload

Where this court's FY2015–2025 asylum merits-decision count sits among every tracked immigration court (inventory signal, not a quality ranking)

12,430 19th of 77 higher than 58 of 77 courts

Immigration courts, banded by asylum merits-decision count

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more courts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Where Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street sits: Slow & Tough

Each dot is one of the 40 largest immigration courts by merits decisions, split at the MEDIAN grant rate (47.5%) and median average wait (31.2 months) across this set. Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street's own grant rate is 39.2% and its average wait is 31.7 months.

Grant rate vs. average wait time, 40 largest courts by merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025). Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street highlighted.

How to read this

Fast & Favorable
Favorable but Slow
Fast but Tough
Slow & Tough

Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court's merits outcome mix

12,430merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted4,870(39%)Denied7,560(61%)

Statistical data only. Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street's 70.5 pp judge-level spread shows how much the same court can diverge by assignment. Aggregate rates are not a forecast. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Asylum Outcomes at Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court - 12,430 merits decisions, FY2015–2025

Grant rate over time

Asylum grant rate by fiscal year at Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court.

Fiscal year	Decisions	Grant rate
FY2015	239	18.8%
FY2016	677	15.4%
FY2017	467	21.8%
FY2018	543	22.7%
FY2019	704	19.3%
FY2020	558	22.2%
FY2021	714	19.2%
FY2022	692	30.5%
FY2023	1,250	46.0%
FY2024	1,945	57.6%
FY2025	4,641	47.3%

The judge lottery at Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court

29 judges with enough asylum decisions to report. Grant rates run from 77.9% (149 decisions) down to 7.4% (27 decisions) - a 70.5-point spread on the same bench. Rates based on smaller decision counts carry more statistical noise.

Judge names below are the anonymized judge codes EOIR assigns in its public case-data release, not verified public identities. EOIR does not publish immigration judges' full names in this dataset. See our methodology for detail.

#	Judge	Decisions	Asylum grant rate
1	Judge JSI	149	77.9%
2	Judge JRB	369	68.3%
3	Judge WWM	608	62.7%
4	Judge PTP	784	54.3%
5	Judge AWH	176	53.4%
6	Judge RD1	25	52.0%
7	Judge WAC	31	51.6%
8	Judge AFH	698	47.6%
9	Judge RNF	1,208	47.1%
10	Judge SES	714	44.8%
11	Judge BDG	1,246	42.4%
12	Judge BDW	254	41.7%
13	Judge GEC	876	41.2%
14	Judge KFL	324	39.8%
15	Judge NBM	1,087	33.4%
16	Judge MPB	99	33.3%
17	Judge KC	297	31.6%
18	Judge PAB	401	29.4%
19	Judge MLS	143	28.7%
20	Judge JDP	368	26.4%
21	Judge WKH	134	26.1%
22	Judge SC2	172	25.0%
23	Judge JG1	381	24.7%
24	Judge GET	50	24.0%
25	Judge JBE	40	22.5%
26	Judge DJR	51	19.6%
27	Judge EFC	430	18.6%
28	Judge EBW	1,123	12.4%
29	Judge SEO	27	7.4%

Nationwide courts with similar asylum profiles

Heavy-corpus peers for Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street: ABS(grant-rate) and merits-volume matches outside the same state.

Similar grant rate (± asylum merits volume)

San Diego Immigration Court · San Diego, CA · 38.2% grant · 7,941 merits
Phoenix Immigration Court · Phoenix, AZ · 38.2% grant · 7,051 merits
Hartford Immigration Court · Hartford, CT · 38.0% grant · 5,835 merits
Seattle Immigration Court · Seattle, WA · 37.8% grant · 17,027 merits

Similar merits caseload (± grant rate)

Charlotte Immigration Court · Charlotte, NC · 12,358 merits · 35.3% grant
Dallas Immigration Court · Dallas, TX · 12,879 merits · 47.4% grant
Memphis Immigration Court · Memphis, TN · 11,643 merits · 40.8% grant
San Antonio Immigration Court · San Antonio, TX · 11,574 merits · 54.6% grant

Why judge-level rates vary · Browse every tracked immigration court

Heavy-corpus court Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street: 12,430 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street's 12,430-decision EOIR court row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court; judge grant-rate spread 70.5 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 12,430 decisions FY2015–2025 (#19 of 77).

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Immigration court outcomes by court and case type · 2025 Accessed 2026-09-05

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court's outcome and grant-rate figures are recomputed live from the EOIR case-level extract on every request, never hand-typed. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-05.