What is Judge Cassie Thogersen's background?
EOIR's notice says that Cassie Thogersen was appointed in October 2018. Judge Thogersen earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1993 from Southeastern Louisiana University, a Master of Social Work in 1996 from Washington University, and a Juris Doctor in 1999 from the University of Wisconsin Law School. From 2014 to 2018, she served as deputy chief counsel, and from 2008 to 2014 as an assistant chief counsel, in the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security in Oakdale, Louisiana. From 2001 to 2008, she served as a senior attorney advisor in the Office of General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Rockville, Maryland. This experience included, in 2006, a detail as a special assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. From 1999 to 2001, she was a policy analyst in the Division of Regulatory and Legal Affairs, Indian Health Service, HHS, in Rockville, Maryland.
What does TRAC report about Judge Cassie Thogersen's asylum decisions?
TRAC, a research center that began at Syracuse University, reports that for FY 2021 - 2026 (data covers the first 9 months of fiscal year 2026), Judge Cassie Thogersen decided 170 asylum cases at Baton Rouge Immigration Court and denied 94.1 percent, based on its report of Aug 27, 2026. These are past figures for one court. They do not predict your case, which turns on your facts, evidence, nationality and representation, and TRAC cautions against simple comparisons between judges at different courts. Read the full report at TRAC, and talk to a lawyer about your own case.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Cassie Thogersen in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Immigration Judge. The record is not an appointment history or an employment certification.
Dated court associations
EOIR’s court-specific tables associate this entry with Baton Rouge Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.