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Immigration court · Oakdale, LA

Oakdale Immigration Court

According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: a 69.0 pp judge-level grant spread is the widest lottery stamp on Oakdale's bench. Grant rate sits in the lower third of tracked courts at 23.9% (below the 48.3% national average). Judge lottery spans 69.0 pp on the same bench.

Data updated 2026-09-05

23.9%
Asylum grant rate
76.1%
Asylum denial rate
1,592
Pending cases
6 mo
Time to decision

Oakdale in one line

Oakdale's asylum grant rate is 23.9% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 5,826 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

23.9%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate
5,826
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
-24.4 pp
vs. national average
69.0 pp
Judge-level grant spread · wide
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What this court's record shows

Oakdale Immigration Court sits in the lower third of tracked courts at 23.9% across 5,826 FY2015–2025 merits (24.4 pp below the 48.3% national average). Historical docket context only.

Wide judge lottery: 0.0% to 69.0% (69.0 pp) across 40 reported judges at Oakdale. Case mix and assignment still shape the court aggregate.

1,592 pending cases and an average recorded wait of 6 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

57/100

Oakdale, 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 23.9%

    Share of merits decisions granting relief, FY2015-2025

  • Time to decision A 6 mo

    Average recorded months from filing to decision

  • Backlog ratio B+ 1.0%

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

EOIR bench spread roll

Grant-rate neighbourhood for Oakdale

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Oakdale (23.9%), with bench-spread stamps for the same-docket judge lottery.

SPREAD 69.0pp WIDE JUDGES 40 WAIT SHORT PEND 1,592 GRANT 23.9% RANK #42 of 77
Oakdale23.9%Pearsall, TX24%Elizabeth, NJ24.1%Florence, AZ23%Omaha, NE25.8%
Asylum grant rate · Oakdale highlighted · DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025

Oakdale 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)

5,826 42nd of 77 higher than 35 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 Oakdale sits: Fast but Tough

Each dot is one of the 41 largest immigration courts by merits decisions, split at the MEDIAN grant rate (47.5%) and median average wait (31.0 months) across this set. Oakdale's own grant rate is 23.9% and its average wait is 5.7 months.

Grant rate vs. average wait time, 41 largest courts by merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025). Oakdale 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) Oakdale Immigration Court: grant rate vs. average wait among the largest immigration courts
Grant rate vs. average wait time, 41 largest courts by merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025). Oakdale highlighted.

How to read this

  • Fast & Favorable
  • Favorable but Slow
  • Fast but Tough
  • Slow & Tough
Statistical data only. Oakdale's 76.1% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.
Granted1395Denied4431
Asylum Outcomes at Oakdale Immigration Court - 5,826 merits decisions, FY2015–2025

Grant rate over time

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

Fiscal year Decisions Grant rate
FY2015 80 5.0%
FY2016 92 1.1%
FY2017 148 17.6%
FY2018 157 14.6%
FY2019 450 17.8%
FY2020 1,122 37.5%
FY2021 266 39.8%
FY2022 412 34.0%
FY2023 768 29.8%
FY2024 908 17.7%
FY2025 1,423 14.3%

The judge lottery at Oakdale Immigration Court

40 judges with enough asylum decisions to report. Grant rates run from 69.0% (58 decisions) down to 0.0% (54 decisions) - a 69.0-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 AAN 58
69.0%
2 Judge JLS 79
67.1%
3 Judge SJC 153
62.1%
4 Judge PJE 192
56.2%
5 Judge BTR 190
53.7%
6 Judge KBJ 150
50.0%
7 Judge UUL 56
50.0%
8 Judge LFZ 70
45.7%
9 Judge FSM 41
39.0%
10 Judge ABE 82
37.8%
11 Judge ETP 78
33.3%
12 Judge GJW 30
33.3%
13 Judge AKP 27
33.3%
14 Judge JDR 127
31.5%
15 Judge HRG 111
26.1%
16 Judge NAM 151
25.2%
17 Judge SSL 251
23.1%
18 Judge RML 50
22.0%
19 Judge KHS 211
18.0%
20 Judge SAH 246
17.5%
21 Judge JLR 46
17.4%
22 Judge JAD 486
17.3%
23 Judge JFP 197
16.2%
24 Judge RLF 114
15.8%
25 Judge DHF 109
15.6%
26 Judge DER 254
13.4%
27 Judge WSL 417
12.5%
28 Judge KFL 58
12.1%
29 Judge CAG 249
11.6%
30 Judge BLH 38
10.5%
31 Judge JBE 187
10.2%
32 Judge BHL 43
9.3%
33 Judge CPH 36
8.3%
34 Judge MTP 48
6.2%
35 Judge CAT 147
6.1%
36 Judge AXP 52
5.8%
37 Judge AMJ 46
4.3%
38 Judge REW 29
3.4%
39 Judge ALR 196
1.5%
40 Judge JBS 54
0.0%

Nationwide courts with similar asylum profiles

Lower-third grant-rate peers for Oakdale, 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 Oakdale (23.9%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Oakdale's 5,826-decision EOIR court row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Oakdale Immigration Court; judge grant-rate spread 69.0 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 5,826 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. Oakdale 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.