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Immigration Judge DBC

According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: lead-nationality share at n/a is the most distinctive stamp on Judge DBC's EOIR row. Grant rate sits mid-corpus at 30.1% (below the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

30.1%
Asylum grant rate
69.9%
Asylum denial rate
375
Asylum decisions

Judge DBC in one line

Judge DBC's asylum grant rate is 30.1% (mid-band grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 375 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

30.1%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
375
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
-18.2 pp
vs. national average
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"DBC" is the anonymized judge code DOJ's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) assigns in its public case-data release, not a verified public identity. EOIR does not publish immigration judges' full names in this dataset, so this code should not be read as confirming, or attributing these statistics to, any specific named individual. See our methodology for detail.

Statistical data only. Judge DBC's 69.9% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge DBC vs all tracked IJs by asylum grant rate

Where this judge's FY2015–2025 asylum grant rate sits among every tracked immigration judge (a leniency measure, not a quality ranking)

30.1% 1107th of 1696 higher than 589 of 1,696 judges

Immigration judges, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge DBC's grant rate

EOIR publishes immigration judges as three-letter codes, not names. This chamber lists nationwide IJs whose asylum grant rate is closest to 30.1% (ABS gap), with a merits-volume stamp so volume is visible without a second identical card grid.

1,695 other immigration judges nationwide have a tracked asylum grant rate; the 6 closest matches to Judge DBC are shown here.

IJ Grant Δ vs here Merits Stamp Court
JMW 30.1% same 143 LIGHT Chelmsford
RC1 30.2% +0.1 pp 666 FULL Annandale
KSS 30.0% -0.1 pp 1,791 FULL Seattle
RRH 30.0% -0.1 pp 363 LIGHT Sacramento
WRL 30.0% -0.1 pp 70 THIN Los Angeles - West
BHA 30.3% +0.2 pp 4,423 HEAVY Houston - Smith Street

Same-bench poles at Indianapolis

Same-bench spread at Indianapolis: Judge DBC runs 30.1% - below the 48.3% national average among IJs with at least 20 merits here.

Nationwide judges with similar asylum caseload

Immigration judges at other courts with a comparable merits-decision volume, distinct from same-bench grant-rate peers above.

  • IJ WPK · Annandale Immigration Court · 376 merits · 56.4% grant
  • IJ LYB · New York - Varick Street Immigration Court · 374 merits · 70.1% grant
  • IJ RTK · Miami Immigration Court · 377 merits · 46.9% grant
  • IJ AND · Portland Immigration Court (Detained) · 373 merits · 47.7% grant

Data from DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data for Judge DBC at Indianapolis Immigration Court. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ DBC at Indianapolis Immigration Court; lead-nationality share n/a. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 375 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge DBC's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - lead-nationality share n/a, not hand-typed editorial values. justice.gov/eoir/foia-library-0

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Judge DBC's grant/denial/merits 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.