9 judges · CA
The Sacramento, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 36.1% across 22,238 decided cases. The court has 9 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Sacramento, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 36.1% in the current AsylumTracker dataset. Court-level statistics aggregate judges and cases assigned to that court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Geisse, Loreto (8,917 total cases), Neumeister, William David (6,541 total cases), and Daw, Alison E (6,122 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (4,620 decided, 10.9% grant rate), Russia (2,824 decided, 76.8% grant rate), and India (2,589 decided, 71.6% grant rate).
Asylum grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Procedural outcomes are separated so users can distinguish merits decisions from docket-management outcomes.
This page uses public EOIR records last updated 2026-07-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geisse, Loreto | 50.8% | 3,528 | 3,419 | 6,947 |
| Neumeister, William David | 48.6% | 2,482 | 2,626 | 5,108 |
| Daw, Alison E | 43.1% | 1,982 | 2,621 | 4,603 |
| Phan, Susan | 31.0% | 1,569 | 3,496 | 5,065 |
| Maggard, Print | 52.6% | 1,998 | 1,802 | 3,800 |
| Hitesman, Jonathan W. | 12.1% | 219 | 1,587 | 1,806 |
| Hunter, Denise | 47.0% | 683 | 769 | 1,452 |
| Scafidi, Andrew | 0.0% | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| Pettigrew, Bayleigh | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 10.9% | 503 | 4,117 | 4,620 |
| Russia | 76.8% | 2,170 | 654 | 2,824 |
| India | 71.6% | 1,853 | 736 | 2,589 |
| Guatemala | 15.4% | 204 | 1,124 | 1,328 |
| Nicaragua | 16.1% | 175 | 913 | 1,088 |
| Afghanistan | 50.8% | 405 | 393 | 798 |
| Honduras | 12.2% | 97 | 700 | 797 |
| El Salvador | 27.2% | 213 | 571 | 784 |
| Colombia | 3.4% | 16 | 454 | 470 |
| Peru | 2.2% | 7 | 318 | 325 |
| Venezuela | 8.2% | 23 | 256 | 279 |
| Romania | 28.6% | 76 | 190 | 266 |
| Ukraine | 82.0% | 187 | 41 | 228 |
| China | 71.3% | 139 | 56 | 195 |
| Iraq | 86.6% | 116 | 18 | 134 |
| Nepal | 85.6% | 89 | 15 | 104 |
| Belarus | 90.7% | 88 | 9 | 97 |
| Turkey | 10.5% | 8 | 68 | 76 |
| Vietnam | 60.0% | 36 | 24 | 60 |
| Kazakhstan | 77.6% | 45 | 13 | 58 |
| Ecuador | 1.8% | 1 | 55 | 56 |
| Armenia | 78.0% | 32 | 9 | 41 |
| Azerbaijan | 92.1% | 35 | 3 | 38 |
| Uzbekistan | 78.4% | 29 | 8 | 37 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| Brazil | 3.6% | 1 | 27 | 28 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 70.8% | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 70.8% | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| Unknown Nationality | 22.7% | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| Philippines | 38.1% | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| Pakistan | 66.7% | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| Cuba | 18.8% | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Jamaica | 6.2% | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| Syria | 100.0% | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 41.7% | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Fiji | 60.0% | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Israel | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Mongolia | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Bulgaria | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Egypt | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Libya | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Nigeria | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Chile | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Canada | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Laos | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |