What is Judge SJB's grant rate?

Immigration Judge SJB has an overall grant rate of 33.3% across 387 decisions at the Indianapolis Immigration Court. The denial rate is 66.7%.

Where does Judge SJB serve?

Judge SJB serves at the Indianapolis Immigration Court. You can view all judges and court-wide statistics on the court page.

How many cases has Judge SJB decided?

Judge SJB has decided 387 cases on record in DOJ EOIR data, including 129 grants and 258 denials.

Does a judge's grant rate predict my case outcome?

No. Judge SJB's 66.7% denial-leaning history still mixes case types, country conditions, and counsel rates, it is not a forecast for a future hearing. Always consult a licensed immigration attorney.

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Immigration Judge SJB

Name: Immigration Judge SJB - Case Outcome Data
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Published: 2025-09-30
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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 SJB's EOIR row. Grant rate sits mid-corpus at 33.3% (below the 48.3% national average).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

33.3%
Asylum grant rate: 66.7%
Asylum denial rate: 387
Asylum decisions

Judge SJB in one line

Judge SJB's asylum grant rate is 33.3% (mid-band grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 387 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

33.3%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate: 387
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume: -15.0 pp
vs. national average

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"SJB" 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.

This judge's merits outcome mix

387merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted129(33%)Denied258(67%)

Statistical data only. Judge SJB's 66.7% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge SJB 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)

33.3% 1028th of 1696 higher than 668 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 SJB'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 33.3% (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 SJB are shown here.

IJ	Grant	Δ vs here	Merits	Stamp	Court
AHO	33.3%	same	357	LIGHT	Los Angeles - N. Los Angeles Street
AMO	33.3%	same	249	LIGHT	Boston
CAH	33.3%	same	114	LIGHT	Laredo
MPB	33.3%	same	99	THIN	Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street
MKC	33.3%	same	81	THIN	Aurora
ETP	33.3%	same	78	THIN	Oakdale

Same-bench poles at Indianapolis

Same-bench spread at Indianapolis: Judge SJB runs 33.3% - 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 JTD · Sterling Immigration Court · 387 merits · 49.9% grant
IJ MH · San Francisco Immigration Court · 387 merits · 92.8% grant
IJ JNC · Harlingen Immigration Court · 386 merits · 51.0% grant
IJ KD1 · Annandale Immigration Court · 389 merits · 38.8% grant

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

Read our methodology - how Judge SJB's 387-decision EOIR row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ SJB at Indianapolis Immigration Court; lead-nationality share n/a. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 387 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge SJB'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 SJB'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.