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San Francisco Immigration Court is located at 100 Montgomery Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94104. This is both physical and mailing address of San Francisco Immigration Court. This court location mainly processes non-detained cases. The filing window is located on the eighth floor. Window filing hours and public hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Courtrooms are located on three floors within this building–on the fourth, eighth, and ninth floors.
San Francisco Asylum Office refers cases to this Montgomery location. If a case of affirmative asylum gets denied in San Francisco, this is the likely location where it will be heard by an immigration judge.
Find out the name of your immigration judge by phone
Call the immigration court automated system at 1-800-898-7180 to find the name of the immigration judge randomly assigned to your case. Press 1 to continue in English. Input the nine digits of your A number. Then press 111.
You may hear the message that the A number information you entered is not found in the system. In that case you will need to wait longer until your case appears in the immigration court automated system. Sometimes it takes several months for the case to appear in the system.
If your case has a scheduled hearing, you will hear the date, time of the hearing, and the name of the immigration judge. You can find the immigration judge’s biographical information below for the San Francisco immigration court. For more information you may want to schedule a consultation with one of our immigration lawyers in our San Francisco office or by phone.
Immigration judges at 100 Montgomery in San Francisco
Immigration judges constantly get reassigned. Below is the immigration judge and courtroom assignment current as of September 1, 2019.
Courtrooms 1 to 10 are located on the eighth floor at 100 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104.
Courtroom 3 — immigration judge Elizabeth YOUNG
Out of 252 asylum cases judge Young granted 77% and denied 23% of cases.
Judge Young was appointed on September 23, 2016. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from George Washington Law in 2004. While a student, she spent a year working in the Immigration Clinic. From 2007 to 2008, Judge Young returned to George Washington Law as a visiting professor, teaching an immigration law clinic.Judge Young has devoted a significant amount of her time to service in Arkansas, developing several programs including the Peace at Home Women’s Shelter and the Hispanic Women’s Organization of Arkansas. From 2004 through 2007, she served as an attorney adviser for the San Francisco Immigration Court within the EOIR. Most recently, she was the creator and director of the immigration law clinic at the University of Arkansas School of Law. She worked for three years at the San Francisco Immigration Court as an attorney adviser through the Department of Justice Honors Program and is a member of the Arkansas Bar, the State Bar of California, and the Virginia State Bar.
Courtroom 4 — immigration judge Robin PAULINO
Out of 271 asylum cases judge Paulino granted 77.9% and denied 22.1% of cases.
Judge Paulino was appointed on September 23, 2016. Judge Paulino earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991 from the University of Arizona and a Juris Doctor in 1995 from the University of San Diego School of Law. From 2007 to September 2016, she served as a senior attorney and assistant general counsel for Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Corporation.
From 1998 through 2007, she served as a senior associate and managing attorney for Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, in Santa Clara, California. From 1996 through 1998, she served as an associate attorney for Korenberg, Abramowitz & Feldun, in California. Previously, she served as an associate attorney for Swanson & Swanson, in Los Angeles. Judge Paulino is a member of the State Bar of California.
Courtroom 5 — immigration judge Scott GAMBILL
Judge Gambill was appointed to the San Francisco Immigration Court on November 16, 2018. Judge Gambill earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1979 from Washington State University and a Juris Doctor in 1999 from Gonzaga University School of Law. From 2008 to 2018, he served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in San Francisco.
From 2004 to 2008, he was a staff attorney with the Northwest Justice Project in Spokane, Washington. From 1999 to 2004, he was a staff attorney with Columbia Legal Services, in Spokane. Judge Gambill is a member of the Washington State Bar.
Courtroom 6 — immigration judge Patrick SAVAGE
Out of 302 asylum cases judge Savage granted 90.1% and denied 9.9% of cases.
Judge Patrick Savage was appointed in June 2015. Judge Savage served as Assistant Chief Counsel for the Department of Homeland Security in San Francisco from September 2007 until May 2015. Judge Savage was a Judge Advocate for the United States Marine Corps from August 1998 to July 2007. Judge Savage graduated from University of Oregon School of Law in 1999. Judge Savage is admitted to practice law in California and Maryland.
Courtroom 7 — immigration judge Loreto GEISSE
Out of 721 asylum cases judge Geisse granted 68.8% and denied 31.2% of cases. Judge Geisse is getting transferred to Sacramento Immigration Court.
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.
Courtroom 8 — immigration judge Anna LITTLE
Judge Little was appointed as an Immigration Judge on March 15, 2019. Judge Little earned a Business Certificate in 1988 from Sophia University Tokyo Japan, a Bachelor of Arts in 1989 from Seton Hall University, and a Juris Doctor in 1992 from Seton Hall University School of Law.
From 1994 to 2018, she was a solo practitioner in Highlands, New Jersey. From 2008 to 2010, she served as mayor of Highlands. From 2006 to 2007, she served as freeholder, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Judge Little is a member of the New Jersey State Bar and the Pennsylvania Bar.
Courtroom 9 — immigration judge Ila DEISS
Out of 279 asylum cases judge Deiss granted 85.7% and denied 14.3% of cases.
Judge Deiss was appointed as an Immigration Judge on February 3, 2017. Judge Deiss earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1991 from the University of California at Davis, a Master of Public Administration in 1996 from the New York University Robert F. Wagner Graduate School for Public Service, and a Juris Doctor in 1999 from the City University of New York School of Law.
From 2005 to January 2017, she served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California, Department of Justice (DOJ), in San Francisco. From 2003 through 2005, she served as a staff attorney for the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. From 2001 through 2002, she served as a senior court counsel for the Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau.
From April 2001 to August 2001, she served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Richard M. Berman, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. From 1999 through 2001, she served as a judicial law clerk for the Staff Attorney’s Office, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Judge Deiss is a member of the Connecticut and New York state bars.
Courtroom 10 — immigration judge Charles GREENE III
Out of 450 asylum cases judge Green granted 75.6% and denied 24.4%.
Judge Greene was appointed as an Immigration Judge in June 2015. Judge Greene received a bachelor of arts degree in 1989 from Duke University and a juris doctorate in 1997 from the University of California Boalt Hall School of Law.
From June 2010 to May 2015, Judge Greene served as trial attorney within the Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice (DOJ), in Washington, D.C. From 2005 to 2010, he served at the National Security Division in various capacities including deputy unit chief and attorney advisor, National Security Division, DOJ, in Washington, D.C.
From 2001 to 2005, Judge Greene was an attorney at Hogan & Hartson LLP, in Washington, D.C. From 1990 to 1994, he served in the U.S. Army. Judge Greene is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.
Courtrooms 11 to 18 are located on the ninth floor at 100 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
Courtroom 11 — immigration judge Dion MORWOOD
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Dion A. Morwood to begin hearing cases in October 2018. Judge Morwood earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from Utah State University and a Juris Doctor in 2008 from Brigham Young University.
From 2014 to 2018, he served as deputy chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Adelanto, California. From 2009 to 2014, he served as an assistant chief counsel with OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Adelanto, California and Florence, Arizona.
From 2008 to 2009, he served as a judicial law clerk and attorney advisor with the Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice, entering on duty through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. From 1997 to 2004, he served in the Utah Army National Guard. Judge Morwood is a member of the Utah State Bar.
Courtroom 12 — immigration judge Dana Leigh MARKS
Out of 550 asylum cases judge Marks granted 88.5% and denied 11.5%.
Judge Dana Marks is a spokeswoman and president emeritus of the National Association of Immigration Judges. Judge Marks has served as a sitting Immigration Judge in San Francisco, California, from January of 1987 to the present. Judge Marks has been president of the National Association of Immigration Judges for the past 14 years.
The approval rate of asylum cases by judge Marks is high. It is not surprising that anti-immigration hate website vdare.com wants judge Marks fired. They charge judge Marks with“sabotaging immigration enforcement” and “leading her own little amnesty for illegal aliens.”
Let’s hope judge Marks stays on the bench for many years to come despite haters’ anger.
Courtroom 13 — immigration judge Jacqueline JACKSON
Judge Jackson was appointed as an Immigration Judge on June 8, 2018. Judge Jackson earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1986 from Stanford University, a Juris Doctor in 1989 from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, and a Master of Strategic Studies in 2013 from the U.S. Army War College.
From 2006 to 2018, she was a senior attorney with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in San Francisco. From 2000 to 2006, she worked as an agency counsel for Customs and Border Protection, DHS, in San Diego and San Francisco. From 1997 to 1999, she was an assistant U.S. attorney in San Diego.
Her active duty military service includes: from 1996 to 1997, trial counsel for the Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAGC) in Fort Hood, Texas; from 1994 to 1996, professional recruiter for JAGC in Fort Belvoir, Va.; from 1992 to 1994, an attorney advisor for the Defense Supply Service in Washington, D.C.; and from 1990 to 1992, a legal assistant and labor advisor for the U.S. Army in Bayonne, N.J. Judge Jackson is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar.
Courtroom 14 — immigration judge Kelly LAKE
Judge Lake was appointed as an Immigration Judge on March 15, 2019. Judge Lake earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1995 from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor in 1998 from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles.
From 1999 to 2007, she served as a deputy district attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. From 2007 to 2008 she was an associate legal advisor, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Washington D.C. Judge Lake served in various capacities for the Department of Justice, including: from 2009 to 2010, as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Illinois; from 2010 to 2014 as an assistant U.S. attorney in the District of the Virgin Islands; from 2014 to 2016, as a trial attorney in the Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section, Criminal Division, in Washington D.C.; from 2016 to 2017, as the resident legal advisor, Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training Section (OPDAT), Criminal Division, in Lagos, Nigeria; and from 2017 to 2018, as the resident legal advisor, OPDAT, Criminal Division, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Judge Lake is a member of the State Bar of California and District of Columbia Bar.
Courtroom 15 — immigration judge Nicholas FORD
Attorney General William Barr appointed Nicholas R. Ford to begin hearing cases in May 2019. Judge Ford earned a Bachelor of Science in 1985 from Loyola University of Chicago and a Juris Doctor in 1988 from the University of Iowa College of Law.
From 2003 to 2019, he served as a state of Illinois circuit court judge assigned to the criminal division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois. From 1997 to 2003, he was a judge assigned to the central bond court division of the same court.
From 1991 to 1997, he was an assistant state’s attorney assigned to the felony trial division of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, Chicago. From 1988 to 1991, he served as an assistant state’s attorney assigned to the major narcotics task force in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, Chicago. Judge Ford is a member of the Illinois State Bar.
Courtroom 16 — immigration judge Shadee STAR
Judge Star was appointed as an Immigration Judge in September 2018. Judge Star earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1996 from California State University, Fullerton, and a Juris Doctor in 1999 from Stetson University College of Law.
From 2010 to 2018, she was a senior attorney for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Los Angeles. From 2003 to 2010, she was an assistant chief counsel for ICE, DHS, also in Los Angeles.
From 2000 to 2003, she was an attorney with the Law Office of Machiavelli W. Chao in Irvine, California. Judge Star is a member of the State Bar of California.
Courtroom 17 — immigration judge Laura FIGUEROA
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Laura Figueroa to begin hearing cases in October 2018. Immigration Judge Laura Figueroa earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.
From 2017 to 2018, she was an immigration attorney in private practice. From 2013 to 2016, she was an attorney and partner with Figueroa & Jiménez, PLLC. From 2010 to 2013, she was an immigration attorney in private practice.
From 2008 to 2010, she was an associate attorney with the Law Offices of Gerald M. Gonzales, P.C. All positions were in San Antonio, Texas. Immigration Judge Laura Figueroa is a member of the Texas State Bar.
Courtroom 18 — immigration judge Cory PICTON
Judge Picton was appointed as an Immigration Judge on February 8, 2018. Judge Picton earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995 from Dominican University and a Juris Doctor in 2000 from Saint Louis University School of Law.
From 2008 to 2018, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, in Tucson, Ariz. From 2001 to 2018, he worked for the U.S. Marine Corps, serving as a civil law attorney, 2001 to 2003, at Camp Pendleton, Calif.; defense counsel, 2003 to 2004, also at Camp Pendleton; special assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Virginia, 2005 to 2006, in Norfolk, Va.; government prosecutor, 2004 to 2008, also in Norfolk; and as a regional judge advocate, 2008 to 2018. Judge Picton is a member of the Missouri State Bar.
Courtrooms 19 to 24 are located on the ninth floor at 100 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
Courtroom 19 — immigration judge Justin PRICE
Attorney General William Barr appointed Justin M. Price to begin hearing cases in May 2019. Judge Price earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1994 from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and a Juris Doctor in 2000 from the West Virginia University College of Law.
From 2007 to 2019, he served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in San Francisco, California. From 2006 to 2007, he served as an assistant public defender for the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in Hagerstown, Maryland.
From 2000 to 2005, he served as an active duty judge advocate for the U.S. Air Force with the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, California, and with the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Judge Price is a member of the Maryland State Bar.
Courtroom 20 — immigration judge Susan PHAN
Attorney General William Barr appointed Susan Phan to begin hearing cases in May 2019. Judge Phan earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2001 and a Juris Doctor in 2004, both from the University of California, Los Angeles. From 2015 to 2019, she served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in San Francisco, California.
From 2012 to 2015, she served as an assistant general counsel for the State Bar of California, in San Francisco. From 2009 to 2014, she served as a special assistant U.S. attorney and assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California in San Francisco, and for the Eastern District of California in Fresno.
From 2005 to 2009, she served as an assistant attorney general with the District of Columbia Attorney General’s Office in Washington, D.C. Judge Phan is a member of the California State Bar and District of Columbia Bar.
Courtroom 21 — immigration judge Amy HOOGASIAN
Out of 247 asylum cases judge Amy Hoogasian granted 82.6% and denied 17.4% of cases.
Amy Hoogasian was appointed as an assistant chief immigration judge, based in San Francisco, in November 2015. Judge Hoogasian received a Bachelor of Arts in 1990 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Juris Doctor in 1994 from John Marshall Law School.
From October 2010 to November 2015, Judge Hoogasian served as an immigration judge at the San Francisco Immigration Court. From 2009 to 2010, Judge Hoogasian served as chief legal counsel at SAGIN LLC. From 2005 through 2009, Judge Hoogasian served as senior corporation counsel at ULINE Inc.
From 1999 to 2005, Judge Hoogasian served as an assistant chief counsel for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Chicago. From 1995 to 1999, Judge Hoogasian served as attorney to the chairman at the Illinois Pollution Control Board.
In 1995, she served as an assistant state’s attorney at the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, in Waukegan, Ill. Judge Hoogasian is a member of the Illinois State Bar.22 — immigration judge
Courtroom 22 — immigration judge Arwen SWINK
Out of 186 asylum cases judge Swink granted 78.5% and denied 21.5% of cases.
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Arwen Ann Swink to begin hearing cases in February 2017. Judge Swink earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2002 from California State University San Marcos and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the University of California Hastings College Of Law.
Prior to this post, she served as a staff attorney in the motions unit of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, beginning in 2010. From 2006 through 2010, she served as an associate attorney for the Law Office of Robert B. Jobe, in San Francisco. Judge Swink is a member of the State Bar of California.
Courtroom 23 — immigration judge Jennifer RIEDTHALER-WILLIAMS
Attorney General William Barr appointed Jennifer Margaret Riedthaler Williams to begin hearing cases in May 2019. Judge Riedthaler Williams earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 from Baldwin Wallace College, a Juris Doctor in 2001 from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and a Master of Public Administration in 2006 from Cleveland State University.
From 2017 to 2019, she served as a judicial magistrate with the Lorain County Domestic Relations Court in Elyria, Ohio. Between 2005 and 2017, she served as an assistant prosecuting attorney with the Lorain County Prosecutor’s Office in Elyria, Ohio, in the felony criminal division.
From 2001 to 2005, she served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in the same office working in the juvenile and felony non-support division. Judge Riedthaler Williams is a member of the Ohio Bar.
Courtroom 24 — immigration judge Jeremiah JOHNSON
Out of 142 asylum cases judge Johnson granted 78.2% and denied 21.8% of cases.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Immigration Judge Jeremiah Johnson to begin hearing cases in October 2017. Immigration Judge Jeremiah Johnson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1996 from Randolph Macon College and a Juris Doctor in 2003 from the University of San Francisco School of Law.
From 2016 to 2017, he served as an asylum officer for the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in San Francisco. From 2011 to 2016, he was a partner at Johnson & McDermed LLP, in San Francisco. From 2005 to 2011, he was a partner at Reeves & Associates, in San Francisco.
Between 2004 and 2005, he was an attorney at the Law Offices of Shawn Sedaghat, in Los Angeles. From 2003 to 2004, he was a research attorney at Van Der Hout, Brigagliano, & Nightingale LLP, in San Francisco. Immigration Judge Jeremiah Johnson is a member of the
California State Bar.
San Francisco Immigration Court for detained cases
There is another location of San Francisco Immigration Court–630 Sansome Street, Suite 475, San Francisco, CA 94111. Sansome Street location of San Francisco Immigration Court adjudicates detained cases. Window filing hours and public hours are from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. The window and three courtrooms are located on the fourth floor. Phone number is 415-705-1033.
