BTR

Case Insights: BTR

The BTR immigration court, based in , , has processed 402 recorded cases in the DOJ EOIR dataset. Of those, 328 resulted in relief granted (81.6%), 4 were denied (1.0%), and 70 fell into other dispositions such as administrative closures, changes of venue, or withdrawals (17.4%). The court has 2 immigration judges on record, whose individual caseloads and outcome patterns shape the court-wide averages shown above.

Between fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2025, the grant rate at BTR rose by 84.3 percentage points, moving from 0.0% to 84.3%. That window spans 9 fiscal years of reported data, covering shifts in bench composition, policy guidance, and nationality mix. The year-by-year table lower on this page shows the underlying annual case volume for every year in the series.

Outcomes vary substantially judge-to-judge. Judge REW has the largest recorded caseload at 234 decisions (85.5% grant rate). The spread between the highest-grant and lowest-grant judges at this court is 7.1 percentage points — REW at 85.5% versus CAT at 78.4%. These differences reflect case mix, nationality assignments, and docket type rather than any single factor, and they are why EOIR cautions readers against treating any judge's rate as predictive of an individual case.