How do I find the court inside 451 Florida Street?
The address is 451 Florida Street, Suite 500, Baton Rouge, LA 70801. EOIR's page, updated October 16, 2026, gives a direction that a map will not: take the elevator from the Plaza floor, using the touch panels, up to the 5th floor. It lists no room number, so expect to look for Suite 500 once you arrive. If you are running late or lost, call 225-412-5398. Your latest notice decides your date and place, so confirm them first through the guide on checking your hearing. General questions can go to batonrouge.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov.
Where can I park, and how do I get there by bus?
EOIR names one paid parking location, 300 N 4th St, Baton Rouge, LA 70801, and says nothing about its rates or walking route, so check those yourself. For public transit it points to the Capital Area Transit System, CATS, at brcats.com, without naming a route or stop. Leave time for the door as well as the drive: every visitor goes through a metal detector and handbag screening on each visit, and after that come the touch-panel elevators from the Plaza floor.
When is the window open, and can I email or fax my papers?
The filing window closes earlier than the court: it runs 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., while public hours end at 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday except federal holidays. Do not treat the court's email address as a filing route. EOIR says a fax or electronic submission nobody requested is discarded without notice to the sender. E-filing is a separate system, ECAS. EOIR's ECAS page, updated February 24, 2025, says it is available at all immigration courts and mandatory as of February 11, 2022, and that unrepresented people get a court notice when they can register for its portal. The court may also close without notice; EOIR posts closures on its Operational Status page, Facebook and X. A master calendar hearing is the usual first stop in a case.
How is Baton Rouge related to the other Louisiana courts?
EOIR's Louisiana listing has four courts: this one, New Orleans, LaSalle in Jena and Oakdale. Its administrative control list names no detention facility under Baton Rouge, unlike LaSalle and Oakdale; the entry is only an address and says nothing more. All four show the same Assistant Chief Immigration Judge, Sherron Ashworth, and Bryan Kessler is the court administrator here and in New Orleans. For the DHS side, the undated ICE handout has no Baton Rouge row. ICE's office listing, updated September 2, 2026, names Baton Rouge in its Erie-Gulf Region with no street address and gives Louisiana to OPLA New Orleans, 423 Canal Street, Suite 450. Ask the court where a DHS copy goes.
Which judges are listed here, and is my hearing online?
EOIR's page lists Immigration Judges Jaclyn C. Chapman, Carey Holliday, Scott Laragy, Jared Matte, Patrick E. Moore, Cassie Thogersen and Romaine White. That list does not show who has your case; follow your latest notice. EOIR's directory, updated October 29, 2026, gives each judge a Webex link and access code, but a link does not make a hearing remote, and anyone with no representative of record defaults to in person. If your notice leaves the format unclear, ask the court at 225-412-5398. Case status is on EOIR's automated line, 800-898-7180. For the other courts, see the immigration courts directory.