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Sacramento, CA Immigration Court

9 judges · CA

36.1%
Court Approval Rate
8,027
Granted
14,211
Denied
9
Judges

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).

How to Interpret This Court's Data

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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Areas Served by This Court

Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Sacramento, CA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 420 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:

CA — Sacramento, Auburn, Chico, Elk Grove, Redding, Roseville, Citrus Heights, Davis, Grass Valley, Oroville, Rancho Cordova, Rocklin, South Lake Tahoe, West Sacramento, Woodland and 280 more cities

NV — Reno, Sparks, Carson City, Fallon, Gardnerville, Incline Village, Winnemucca, Battle Mountain, Carlin, Crescent Valley, Crystal Bay, Dayton, Deeth, Denio, Elko and 40 more cities

Not sure which immigration court serves your address? Enter your ZIP code in the AsylumTracker app's coverage map.

Judges at This Court

JudgeApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
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

Approval Rate by Nationality

NationalityApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
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

Nationality-Specific Court Comparisons

Russia2,824 published decided casesAfghanistan798 published decided cases

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