Guy G. Grande
Immigration Judge, San Diego Immigration Court. Appointed October 2019 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 306
- Asylum granted
- 157
- Other relief granted
- 46
- Denied
- 103
- Against own court
- -20.9 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24% | 24% | 22% | 24% | 69% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 83% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Guatemala (18%), Mexico (10.5%), Russia (10.5%), Honduras (5.2%), Somalia (3.9%).
Official biography
Attorney General William Barr appointed Guy G. Grande to begin hearing cases in October 2019. Judge Grande earned a Bachelor of Science in 1989 from University of California,Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor in 1994 from University of San Diego. From 2015 to 2019, heserved as assistant chief counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, in San Diego. From 1994 to 2015, he worked in private immigration practice at Aguirre Law Group APC. Judge Grande is a member of the California State Bar.
In the record
EOIR Notice: New Immigration Judges
EOIR's notice records that Attorney General William Barr appointed Guy G. Grande to begin hearing cases in October 2019 at the San Diego Immigration Court, after four years as an assistant chief counsel with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
ICE Is Pressuring People in Custody to Self-Deport. Many Are Giving Up.
Capital and Main describes Immigration Judge Guy Grande appearing by video into the courtroom at Otay Mesa Detention Center and taking a removal order from a Mexican man who had decided to abandon his case.
Other judges at San Diego
Court page →About these figures. Denial rates describe outcomes in the cases a judge happened to hear, which differ by detention, nationality and representation. They are not a measure of fairness or competence. Method and sources are on the judges index.