Immigration Judge Owens, Jonathan W. — Batavia Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

Over the trailing 12 months, Immigration Judge Owens, Jonathan W. granted asylum in 0.0% of decided merit cases at the Batavia Immigration Court, based on FOIA-released EOIR data. The figure uses the standard methodology: cases granted divided by cases granted plus cases ordered removed.

The lifetime grant rate weighted across all judges at the Batavia Immigration Court is 13.5%. Per-judge rates can diverge from the court-wide aggregate because of caseload mix, time on the bench, and the 2025 asylum-policy shift that changed merit-decision volumes nationally.

1 merit asylum decisions appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for Judge Owens, Jonathan W.. Administrative outcomes (terminations, dismissals) are excluded from the rate.

No. The grant rate is a statistical aggregate over completed decisions, not a prediction. Individual case outcomes depend on case-specific merits, evidence, country conditions, and the quality of counsel. This page is informational and does not constitute legal advice.