Loreto S. Geisse
Immigration Judge, Sacramento Immigration Court. Appointed June 2004.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 453
- Asylum granted
- 361
- Other relief granted
- 22
- Denied
- 70
- Against own court
- -11.5 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44% | 22% | 13% | 4% | 13% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 89% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Russia (41.7%), India (22.3%), Mexico (7.5%), Guatemala (4.9%), El Salvador (4.4%).
Official biography
Judge Geisse was appointed as an Immigration Judge in June 2004. Prior to her appointment as Immigration Judge, from September 2000 to June 2004, Judge Geisse served as Counsel to the Chief Immigration Judge in Falls Church, Virginia. She received an undergraduate degree in 1989 from Washington University, and a Juris Doctorate in 1995 from Washington College of Law of the American University. From September 1997 to September 2000, Judge Geisse served as a trial attorney with the Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation. She worked previously at the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) as an attorney-advisor for the Chief Immigration Judge from September 1996 to September 1997. Judge Geisse first joined the Department of Justice through the Attorney General's Honor Program with EOIR in 1995 serving as a judicial law clerk for the immigration courts in Baltimore, Maryland ; and Philadelphia and York, Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Maryland Bar.
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Other judges at Sacramento
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.