The Honorable Immigration Judge W. Scott Laragy

Oakdale, LA Immigration Court
Appointed August 2018 · President Donald Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions
8 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Republican administration

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Caseload & process (since 2021)
781
Completions per year
3,906 total
73.3%
Detained at decision
share of cases
1.4 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
0.1%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
3.1%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
32.5%
Appeals remanded or reversed
126 appeals decided

Bond decisions

Custody redetermination (bond) rulings since 2021. "Granted" means the judge lowered the bond, ordered release on recognizance, or otherwise granted the request.
11.2%
Bond requests granted
1,245 bond decisions High confidence
$15,000
Median bond when set
137 bonds with amounts
0%
Released on own recognizance
This judge 11.2%
Court average 36.4% · median $10,000
National 41.9% · median $6,500

Grant rates by type of relief

Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
9.5% 190 decisions Moderate
Withholding / CAT
2.1% 429 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
0% 10 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
33.3% 3 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
33.3% 3 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
73.6% 269 decisions High confidence
9.5%
of asylum claims granted on the merits Moderate
Based on 190 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
9.5%
This court
11.7%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the bottom 18% of the 825 judges nationally with enough cases to compare.

Does a lawyer matter here?

Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyerrepresented · 111 decisions since 2021
13.5%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 79 decisions since 2021
3.8%

Asylum grant rate over time

Each point is that calendar year's grant rate, back to 2015 where the judge was deciding cases — the longer career view. Dashed grey line = current national average (31.8%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%2017: 0% of 1 decisions0%20172018: 0% of 30 decisions0%20182019: 12.9% of 124 decisions12.9%20192020: 7.7% of 65 decisions7.7%20202021: 9.1% of 22 decisions9.1%20212022: 19.1% of 47 decisions19.1%20222023: 5.9% of 51 decisions5.9%20232024: 4.9% of 61 decisions4.9%20242025: 11.1% of 9 decisions11.1%2025

Courts where this judge has decided cases

Hearing locations for cases this judge completed since 2021, by number of decisions. Many judges hear cases from more than one court (detained facilities, video dockets, or reassignments).
Oakdale, LA · home court
3,590 (92%)
309 (7.9%)
7 (0.18%)