BTV

Case Insights: BTV

The BTV immigration court, based in , , has processed 9,559 recorded cases in the DOJ EOIR dataset. Of those, 5,593 resulted in relief granted (58.5%), 220 were denied (2.3%), and 3,746 fell into other dispositions such as administrative closures, changes of venue, or withdrawals (39.2%). The court has 11 immigration judges on record, whose individual caseloads and outcome patterns shape the court-wide averages shown above.

Between fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2025, the grant rate at BTV rose by 21.3 percentage points, moving from 43.6% to 64.9%. That window spans 11 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 SJC has the largest recorded caseload at 2,486 decisions (42.4% grant rate). The spread between the highest-grant and lowest-grant judges at this court is 39.4 percentage points — RTD at 81.8% versus SJC at 42.4%. 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.