What is Judge Ellaine Loreto Goss's background?
EOIR's notice says that Ellaine Loreto Goss was appointed in June 2026. Judge Goss earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor in 2005 from Chapman University Fowler School of Law. From July 2024 to May 2026, she served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Santa Ana, California. During this time, from February to May 2026, she served on a detail as a special assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Santa Ana. From December 2021 to July 2024, she was with the Los Angeles Asylum Office, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS, serving in the following roles: acting supervisory asylum officer (September 2023-July 2024); and asylum officer (December 2021-September 2023). From January 2019 to December 2021, she served as an immigration services officer for the California Service Center, USCIS, DHS, in Laguna Niguel.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Ellaine Loreto Goss 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 Concord Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.
No outcome or personal-profile claims
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