Immigration court · Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas Immigration Court
According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: a 62.1 pp judge-level grant spread is the widest lottery stamp on Las Vegas's bench. Grant rate sits mid-corpus at 47.6% (roughly in line with the 48.3% national average).
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 47.6%
- Asylum grant rate
- 52.4%
- Asylum denial rate
- 17,047
- Pending cases
- 21 mo
- Time to decision
Las Vegas in one line
Las Vegas's asylum grant rate is 47.6% (mid-band grant rate, roughly in line with the 48.3% national average) across 6,581 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).
- 47.6%
- Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
- 6,581
- Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
- -0.7 pp
- vs. national average
- 62.1 pp
- Judge-level grant spread · wide
What this court's record shows
Las Vegas Immigration Court recorded 6,581 asylum merits decisions in the FY2015–2025 EOIR extract. Its 47.6% grant rate is 0.7 percentage points roughly in line with the 48.3% national rate. That comparison describes the historical docket, not the likelihood of an outcome in a future case.
Wide judge lottery: 4.8% to 66.9% (62.1 pp) across 9 reported judges at Las Vegas. Case mix and assignment still shape the court aggregate.
17,047 pending cases and an average recorded wait of 21 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
Court outlook score
61/100
Las Vegas, 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 B 47.6%
Share of merits decisions granting relief, FY2015-2025
- Time to decision C+ 21 mo
Average recorded months from filing to decision
- Backlog ratio C- 12.1%
Pending cases as a share of the court's own total caseload
EOIR bench spread roll
Grant-rate neighbourhood for Las Vegas
Nearest grant-rate peers for Las Vegas, where the 62.1 pp judge lottery is the standout bench stamp.
Las Vegas 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)
6,581 36th of 77 higher than 41 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 Las Vegas sits: Fast & Favorable
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. Las Vegas's own grant rate is 47.6% and its average wait is 21.0 months.
How to read this
- Fast & Favorable
- Favorable but Slow
- Fast but Tough
- Slow & Tough
Las Vegas Immigration Court's merits outcome mix
6,581merits decisions FY2015–2025
Grant rate over time
Asylum grant rate by fiscal year at Las Vegas Immigration Court.
| Fiscal year | Decisions | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| FY2015 | 114 | 10.5% |
| FY2016 | 283 | 17.0% |
| FY2017 | 555 | 13.0% |
| FY2018 | 604 | 14.1% |
| FY2019 | 683 | 17.0% |
| FY2020 | 499 | 33.3% |
| FY2021 | 248 | 52.0% |
| FY2022 | 322 | 59.9% |
| FY2023 | 706 | 74.4% |
| FY2024 | 1,167 | 75.1% |
| FY2025 | 1,400 | 65.1% |
The judge lottery at Las Vegas Immigration Court
9 judges with enough asylum decisions to report. Grant rates run from 66.9% (913 decisions) down to 4.8% (399 decisions) - a 62.1-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.
Nationwide courts with similar asylum profiles
Cross-state peers matched on grant rate and merits caseload, not the same-state browse list.
Similar grant rate (± asylum merits volume)
- Los Angeles - West Immigration Court · Los Angeles, CA · 47.5% grant · 30,667 merits
- Dallas Immigration Court · Dallas, TX · 47.4% grant · 12,879 merits
- Santa Ana Immigration Court · Santa Ana, CA · 47.2% grant · 15,413 merits
- Orlando Immigration Court · Orlando, FL · 48.4% grant · 15,998 merits
Similar merits caseload (± grant rate)
- Sacramento Immigration Court · Sacramento, CA · 6,907 merits · 76.2% grant
- LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena) · Jena, LA · 6,238 merits · 19.2% grant
- Annandale Immigration Court (Annex) · Annandale, VA · 6,174 merits · 36.9% grant
- Phoenix Immigration Court · Phoenix, AZ · 7,051 merits · 38.2% grant
Why judge-level rates vary · Browse every tracked immigration court
Data from the DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) via FOIA bulk case data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.
Read our methodology - how Las Vegas's 6,581-decision EOIR court row is sourced, computed, and verified.
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. Las Vegas 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.