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Inside Immigration

Plain-language guides to US immigration, asylum and USCIS procedure.

Immigration judges

Sacramento Immigration Court

John Moss Federal Building, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 4-200, Sacramento, CA 95814. 10 judges with a published asylum record; the court denied 27.0% of asylum cases against 62.9% nationally.

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Hearing locations

Judges

median denial rate 27.2%
JudgeAppointedDecisionsDenial rateLeaning
Ravit R. HalperinDecember 202027888.5%Strict
Jonathan W. HitesmanJune 202023067.4%Average
Gilda M TerrazasJanuary 202010757.0%Average
Susan PhanMay 20191,00231.0%Lenient
Vikram BadrinathOctober 202281327.2%Lenient
Denise HunterOctober 202254817.9%Lenient
Loreto S. GeisseJune 200445315.5%Lenient
Alison E. DawMay 200636115.0%Lenient
David NeumeisterDecember 201063712.4%Lenient
Robert P. MaggardApril 20098675.8%Lenient