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Immigration court · Jena, LA

LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena)

According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: a 64.6 pp judge-level grant spread is the widest lottery stamp on LaSalle's bench. Grant rate sits in the lower third of tracked courts at 19.2% (below the 48.3% national average). Judge lottery spans 64.6 pp on the same bench.

Data updated 2026-09-05

19.2%
Asylum grant rate
80.8%
Asylum denial rate
2,172
Pending cases
5 mo
Time to decision

LaSalle in one line

LaSalle's asylum grant rate is 19.2% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 6,238 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

19.2%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate
6,238
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
-29.1 pp
vs. national average
64.6 pp
Judge-level grant spread · wide
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What this court's record shows

LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena) sits in the lower third of tracked courts at 19.2% across 6,238 FY2015–2025 merits (29.1 pp below the 48.3% national average). Historical docket context only.

Wide judge lottery: 0.0% to 64.6% (64.6 pp) across 46 reported judges at LaSalle. Case mix and assignment still shape the court aggregate.

2,172 pending cases and an average recorded wait of 5 months describe administrative pressure in this snapshot. Use the peer comparisons below to place this court against similar caseloads and grant-rate profiles, then consult the methodology for the extract's scope and limits.

Court outlook score

C-

Court outlook score

53/100

LaSalle, 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 F 19.2%

    Share of merits decisions granting relief, FY2015-2025

  • Time to decision A+ 5 mo

    Average recorded months from filing to decision

  • Backlog ratio B 2.0%

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

EOIR bench spread roll

Grant-rate neighbourhood for LaSalle

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for LaSalle (19.2%), with bench-spread stamps for the same-docket judge lottery.

SPREAD 64.6pp WIDE JUDGES 46 WAIT SHORT PEND 2,172 GRANT 19.2% RANK #37 of 77
LaSalle19.2%Miami, FL19.9%Conroe, TX20.4%Adelanto, CA20.6%Los Fresnos, TX17%
Asylum grant rate · LaSalle highlighted · DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025

LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena) 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)

6,238 37th of 77 higher than 40 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 LaSalle sits: Fast but 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. LaSalle's own grant rate is 19.2% and its average wait is 5.2 months.

Grant rate vs. average wait time, 40 largest courts by merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025). LaSalle highlighted. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Asylum grant rate (X) and Average wait (months) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Favorable but SlowSlow & ToughFast & FavorableFast but Tough 20%40%60%80% 10mo20mo30mo40mo50mo Asylum grant rate Average wait (months) LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena): grant rate vs. average wait among the largest immigration courts
Grant rate vs. average wait time, 40 largest courts by merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025). LaSalle highlighted.

How to read this

  • Fast & Favorable
  • Favorable but Slow
  • Fast but Tough
  • Slow & Tough
Statistical data only. LaSalle's 80.8% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.
Granted1195Denied5043
Asylum Outcomes at LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena) - 6,238 merits decisions, FY2015–2025

Grant rate over time

Lower-third court LaSalle: fiscal-year grant path across FY2015–2025 merits.

Fiscal year Decisions Grant rate
FY2015 60 5.0%
FY2016 72 5.6%
FY2017 164 6.7%
FY2018 112 7.1%
FY2019 816 7.1%
FY2020 1,416 22.5%
FY2021 229 40.2%
FY2022 236 36.4%
FY2023 465 29.5%
FY2024 738 22.2%
FY2025 1,930 16.3%

The judge lottery at LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena)

46 judges with enough asylum decisions to report. Grant rates run from 64.6% (65 decisions) down to 0.0% (48 decisions) - a 64.6-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 DHG 65
64.6%
2 Judge KAW 67
59.7%
3 Judge LLG 54
51.9%
4 Judge SJC 88
45.5%
5 Judge BC2 41
43.9%
6 Judge DHO 60
40.0%
7 Judge FPO 68
38.2%
8 Judge DNO 93
37.6%
9 Judge IRS 52
36.5%
10 Judge FHR 254
35.8%
11 Judge RTD 25
32.0%
12 Judge JOC 61
31.1%
13 Judge SEB 37
29.7%
14 Judge BTP 54
27.8%
15 Judge BHB 62
25.8%
16 Judge AMS 261
25.3%
17 Judge BRC 41
24.4%
18 Judge AJS 29
24.1%
19 Judge FSM 347
23.3%
20 Judge RRA 74
23.0%
21 Judge DBC 154
22.7%
22 Judge TMC 63
22.2%
23 Judge KKR 497
19.9%
24 Judge RCJ 156
19.2%
25 Judge DMP 33
18.2%
26 Judge MEG 182
18.1%
27 Judge JEC 103
16.5%
28 Judge ADL 49
16.3%
29 Judge AJB 188
13.8%
30 Judge IMY 109
13.8%
31 Judge CAT 211
12.8%
32 Judge JPI 50
10.0%
33 Judge JBS 40
10.0%
34 Judge JAM 271
8.9%
35 Judge DML 34
8.8%
36 Judge ATP 35
8.6%
37 Judge TAH 129
8.5%
38 Judge AWS 36
8.3%
39 Judge KBJ 154
6.5%
40 Judge MGM 32
6.2%
41 Judge SBF 140
5.7%
42 Judge JAD 78
5.1%
43 Judge BHL 339
5.0%
44 Judge GAC 244
4.9%
45 Judge PHE 51
3.9%
46 Judge ALR 48
0.0%

Nationwide courts with similar asylum profiles

Lower-third grant-rate peers for LaSalle, plus caseload matches on a second axis.

Similar grant rate (± asylum merits volume)

Similar merits caseload (± grant rate)

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

Lower-third grant-rate court LaSalle (19.2%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how LaSalle's 6,238-decision EOIR court row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena); judge grant-rate spread 64.6 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 6,238 decisions FY2015–2025.

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Immigration court outcomes by court and case type · 2025

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena)'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.