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Indianapolis Immigration Court

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Immigration court analytics

Current assignments and source-period outcomes are shown separately

Current Immigration Judges: 8 · Temporary Immigration Judges: 0 · Assistant Chief Immigration Judges: 1 · Other EOIR judicial leadership: 0 · Total judicial personnel: 9.

Current Immigration Judges with direct TRAC reports: 5.

Current aggregate decisions: 3,801
Any relief granted: 13.3%
Denied: 86.7%

Current benchmark period: FY 2021 - 2026*. This is a court aggregate, not an individual judge result.

Current courtwide metrics

Courtwide statistics, not this judge's outcomes

FY2026/YTD through June 2026

New proceedings: 5,281
Completed / closed cases: 7,859
Average wait time for completed cases: 1,078 days
Backlog: 53,770
Average days waited so far: 981 days
Average days until hearing: 1,555 days
Represented among completed cases: 42.1%N=3,307 / 7,859
Detained among completed cases: 15.8%N=1,240 / 7,859
Completed in absentia: 39.4%N=3,095 / 7,859

Completed-case outcome mix

Outcome	Cases (N)	Share of completed cases
Removal Order	6,602	84.0%
Terminate Proceedings	254	3.2%
Voluntary Departure	583	7.4%
No NTA Filed	139	1.8%
Grant Relief	161	2.0%
Other Closure	21	0.3%
Credible Fear - not found	57	0.7%
Reasonable Fear - not found	7	0.1%
Withholding Only - relief not granted	5	0.1%
Credible Fear - found	6	0.1%
Asylum Only - relief not granted	8	0.1%
Asylum Only - other	9	0.1%
Witholding Only - other	5	0.1%
Credible Fear - other	2	0.0%

View FY2025 comparison

FY2025

New proceedings: 4,165
Completed / closed cases: 3,116
Average wait time for completed cases: 1,202 days
Backlog: 52,818
Average days waited so far: 891 days
Average days until hearing: 1,433 days
Represented among completed cases: 71.4%N=2,226 / 3,116
Detained among completed cases: 10.8%N=336 / 3,116
Completed in absentia: 7.4%N=232 / 3,116

Completed-case outcome mix

Outcome	Cases (N)	Share of completed cases
Removal Order	2,044	65.6%
Terminate Proceedings	269	8.6%
No NTA Filed	145	4.7%
Grant Relief	416	13.4%
Voluntary Departure	197	6.3%
Other Closure	31	1.0%
Credible Fear - not found	4	0.1%
Reasonable Fear - not found	6	0.2%
Withholding Only - relief not granted	1	0.0%
Witholding Only - other	1	0.0%
Asylum Only - relief not granted	1	0.0%
Asylum Only - relief granted	1	0.0%

Sources

Source period: FY2026/YTD through June 2026 · FY2025. Exact denominators are shown as N/n where available.

TRAC source periods: Fiscal Year NTA Dated=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Fiscal Year=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Represented=Represented; Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Custody=Detained; Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Hearing Attendance=Not Present at Last Hearing (Absentia Decision); Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Granted; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Not Granted; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Withdraw; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Removal Order · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Terminate Proceedings · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Voluntary Departure · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=No NTA Filed · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Grant Relief · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Other Closure · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Witholding Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Other Case Type Completed · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - other · Fiscal Year NTA Dated=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Fiscal Year=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Represented=Represented; Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Custody=Detained; Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Hearing Attendance=Not Present at Last Hearing (Absentia Decision); Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Granted; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Not Granted; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Withdraw; Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Removal Order · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Terminate Proceedings · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=No NTA Filed · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Grant Relief · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Voluntary Departure · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Other Closure · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Witholding Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Pros. Discretion · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Other Case Type Completed · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=NACARA - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=NACARA - other.

TRAC filters: Fiscal Year NTA Dated=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026 · Fiscal Year=2026 · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Represented=Represented · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Custody=Detained · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Hearing Attendance=Not Present at Last Hearing (Absentia Decision) · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Granted · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Not Granted · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2026, Bond Hearing Outcome=Withdraw · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Removal Order · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Terminate Proceedings · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Voluntary Departure · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=No NTA Filed · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Grant Relief · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Other Closure · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Witholding Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Other Case Type Completed · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2026, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - other · Fiscal Year NTA Dated=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025 · Fiscal Year=2025 · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Represented=Represented · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Custody=Detained · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Hearing Attendance=Not Present at Last Hearing (Absentia Decision) · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025 · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Granted · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Not Granted · Bond Hearing Fiscal Year=2025, Bond Hearing Outcome=Withdraw · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Removal Order · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Terminate Proceedings · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=No NTA Filed · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Grant Relief · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Voluntary Departure · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Other Closure · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - not found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Witholding Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Credible Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Pros. Discretion · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - found · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Withholding Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief not granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Other Case Type Completed · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Asylum Only - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=Reasonable Fear - other · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=NACARA - relief granted · Fiscal Year Completed=2025, Outcome (detailed)=NACARA - other.

Provenance: TRAC table_json.php exact value; no estimation. Retrieved 2026-09-06.

Direct same-period judge outcome spread

5 direct reports · FY 2021 - 2026* · denial range 78.6%–96.9%.

P25 82.4% · median 87.5% · P75 88.4% · IQR 6.0%.

View historical TRAC report associations

Daniel Conklin · N=704 · denied 88.4% · TRAC report
Jane Miller · N=573 · denied 96.9% · TRAC report
Scott Bratton · N=647 · denied 87.5% · TRAC report
Scott Thomsen · N=584 · denied 78.6% · TRAC report
Valerie Burch · N=557 · denied 82.4% · TRAC report

These historical report associations are separate from the current court roster. Cohorts require at least five direct reports for the same report court and reporting period.

Court and U.S. annual outcomes

Exact aggregate fiscal-year counts

Fiscal year	Indianapolis Immigration Court cases (N)	Indianapolis Immigration Court any relief	Indianapolis Immigration Court denied	U.S. any relief	U.S. denied
FY2025	1,664	21.8%	78.2%	30.7%	69.3%
FY2026	2,137	6.7%	93.3%	12.9%	87.1%

Precomputed from exact TRAC aggregate counts; asylum granted + other relief granted = any relief granted, and outcomes sum to N. FY2026 is year-to-date through the published source cutoff. No values are interpolated. TRAC aggregate source · retrieved 2026-08-30. Methodology.

These figures cover completed asylum decisions in TRAC's published data, not all immigration-court matters. Outcomes may reflect case mix, representation, nationality, detention status, policy, and other factors; they are not a judge quality score. Read the methodology.

EOIR court information

OPEN

Current operational status: OPEN. This page reflects the current EOIR court directory record as verified 2026-08-18.

Indianapolis Immigration Court · primary

Physical address: Minton-Capehart Federal Building 575 N. Pennsylvania Street, Suite 617 Indianapolis, IN 46204
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Main phone: (317) 464-1399
General inquiries: Indianapolis.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov
Filing-window hours: Window Filing Hours: Monday through Friday8:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.3:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.The immigration court is open to receive documents for filing each business day. No documents will be accepted after 4 p.m.
Parking: Street parking and garages are available nearby.
Building access: Visitors enter through the west entrance.
Security instructions: Security information: All visitors to the immigration court must undergo a security screening through a metal detector machine as well as a handbag screening each time they visit the immigration court. Shoes may be required to be removed. Food and drinks are not allowed, except as specifically permitted by the immigration judge. Usage of cameras or recording devices in courtrooms or other EOIR space is prohibited. Note, however, that attorneys or accredited representatives of record and DHS attorneys representing the government in proceedings before EOIR are permitted to use electronic devices in EOIR courtrooms for the limited purpose of conducting immediately relevant court and business-related activities (e.g. scheduling).
ADA/accessibility: EOIR accessibility statement: https://www.justice.gov/accessibility/accessibility-statement

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Court contacts and access

Main phone: (317) 464-1399
General inquiries: Indianapolis.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov
Asylum EAD Clock contact: Asylum.Clock.INP@usdoj.gov
EOIR case-information phone: (800) 898-7180

Building access

Visitors enter through the west entrance.

Security instructions

Security information: All visitors to the immigration court must undergo a security screening through a metal detector machine as well as a handbag screening each time they visit the immigration court. Shoes may be required to be removed. Food and drinks are not allowed, except as specifically permitted by the immigration judge. Usage of cameras or recording devices in courtrooms or other EOIR space is prohibited. Note, however, that attorneys or accredited representatives of record and DHS attorneys representing the government in proceedings before EOIR are permitted to use electronic devices in EOIR courtrooms for the limited purpose of conducting immediately relevant court and business-related activities (e.g. scheduling).

ADA/accessibility

EOIR accessibility statement: https://www.justice.gov/accessibility/accessibility-statement

EOIR court links

Internet-based hearings

EOIR lists Internet-based hearing links and telephonic access codes in its current hearing directory. The hearing notice and current EOIR instructions control whether a particular hearing is remote or in person. Unrepresented respondents generally appear in person unless EOIR directs otherwise.

Source last verified 2026-08-18.

EOIR court personnel

Current immigration judges

Scott Bratton
Valerie Burch
Daniel Conklin
Jane Miller
Ryan Painter
Scott Thomsen
Wayne J. Warf

Temporary immigration judges

James Holden (temporary assignment)

ACIJ: Robert P. Driscoll
Backup ACIJ: Jonathan Owens
Court administrator: Natalie Meyers (Acting)

Jurisdiction and other hearing locations

Administrative-control jurisdiction

Assigned responsibility: Clark County JailMarion County Jail Other hearing locations: Clark County JailMarion County JailMiami Correctional Facility, Bunker Hill, IN

Other hearing locations

Clark County JailMarion County JailMiami Correctional Facility, Bunker Hill, IN

Judge hearing access

The EOIR directory lists the following current Internet-based hearing and telephonic access information for this court. The hearing notice and current EOIR instructions control whether a particular hearing is remote or in person.

ACIJ Robert P. Driscoll (RTD)

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Telephonic access code: 199 253 3729

Instructions: EOIR lists Internet-based hearing links and telephonic access codes in its current hearing directory. The hearing notice and current EOIR instructions control whether a particular hearing is remote or in person. Unrepresented respondents generally appear in person unless EOIR directs otherwise.

Direct EOIR source ↗ · verified 2026-08-18

Scott Bratton (STB)

Webex/internet hearing: Join EOIR Webex ↗

Telephonic access code: 2763 063 7216

Direct EOIR source ↗ · verified 2026-08-18

Valerie Burch (VAB)

Webex/internet hearing: Join EOIR Webex ↗

Telephonic access code: 199 637 2382

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Daniel Conklin (DBC)

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Telephonic access code: 2764 886 2414

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James Holden (JMH)

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Telephonic access code: 2824 456 3136

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Jane Miller (JCM)

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Telephonic access code: 2761 530 9533

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Ryan Painter

Webex/internet hearing: Join EOIR Webex ↗

Telephonic access code: 2827 265 8658

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Scott Thomsen (STT)

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Telephonic access code: 199 142 4992

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Wayne J. Warf (WJW)

Webex/internet hearing: Join EOIR Webex ↗

Telephonic access code: 2827 642 6737

Direct EOIR source ↗ · verified 2026-08-18