Sarah F. Torres

Immigration Judge, Concord Immigration Court. Appointed May 2024.

LenientGrants more often than the national average-17.2 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Torres45.7%

Concord court51.4%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 530
Asylum granted: 261
Other relief granted: 27
Denied: 242
Against own court: -5.7 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24	FY25	FY26
11%	42%	69%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 93% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: India (67.5%), Mexico (9.2%), Peru (5.8%), Nicaragua (3.6%), Guatemala (2.8%).

Official biography

Sarah F. Torres was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in May 2024. Judge Torres ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2004 from the University of California, Berkeley and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from the University of California, Davis School of Law. From 2019 to 2024, she was the mana ging attorney of the immigration legal services program at Opening Doors Inc., in Sacramento. From 2015 to 2019, she was a partner at Tomlinson & Torres PC. From 2008 to 2014, she practiced immigration law in private practice. Judge Torres is a member of the State Bar of California.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

Other judges at Concord

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.