Immigration judge

Burch, Valerie A.

Indianapolis Immigration Court

How current these figures are

Captured October 23, 2026 — 13 days ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

1,121

Lifetime decisions on record

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

1.9%

794 decisions · 12 months ending September 2026

2.7%

FY2026 court average

Grant-rate trend

Each point is the grant rate across the 12 months ending in that month — a rolling window, not a single month on its own. A point appears only where those 12 months hold at least 25 decisions. A rolling window covers a much shorter span than the lifetime figure above, so the two can differ materially; both are correct measures of different periods.

0%25%50%75%100%Jul 2025Oct 2025Jan 2026Jun 2026Sep 2026Month each 12-month window ends1.9%29.6% — 12 months ending Jul 2025 (233 decisions)28.4% — 12 months ending Aug 2025 (268 decisions)23.9% — 12 months ending Sep 2025 (327 decisions)20.6% — 12 months ending Oct 2025 (403 decisions)19.4% — 12 months ending Nov 2025 (444 decisions)17.5% — 12 months ending Dec 2025 (496 decisions)17.0% — 12 months ending Jan 2026 (528 decisions)5.6% — 12 months ending Jun 2026 (430 decisions)4.4% — 12 months ending Jul 2026 (549 decisions)2.8% — 12 months ending Aug 2026 (611 decisions)1.9% — 12 months ending Sep 2026 (794 decisions)

The line is broken where this record has no decisions for several months. It is left open rather than joined, because joining it would imply decisions that were never recorded.

5 months are not plotted: the 12 months ending there held fewer than 25 decisions.

Monthly decisions

Showing the most recent 16 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
September 20262420.0%
August 2026970.0%
July 20261472.0%
June 20261070.0%
January 2026329.4%
December 2025521.9%
November 2025417.3%
October 2025766.6%
September 2025593.4%
August 20253520.0%
July 20252810.7%
June 20254238.1%
May 20256113.1%
April 20255538.2%
March 20254346.5%
February 20254Not reported

Source and method

These figures come from case data released by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) under the Freedom of Information Act, published by the Deportation Data Project. Imigrar did not produce or estimate them.

Captured on October 23, 2026, 13 days ago. The record covers decisions from February 2025 through September 2026; nothing filed or decided after September 2026 appears here.

Grant rates are historical aggregates. They describe decisions already made. They do not predict the outcome of any individual case, and no figure on this page should be read as a forecast of what will happen in yours.

This page is informational only and is not legal advice. Reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Only the official EOIR record is authoritative.

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