What is Judge Guy Grande's background?
EOIR's notice says that Guy Grande was appointed in October 2019. Judge Grande earned a Bachelor of Science in 1989 from University of California, Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor in 1994 from University of San Diego. From 2015 to 2019, he served as assistant chief counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, in San Diego. From 1994 to 2015, he worked in private immigration practice at Aguirre Law Group APC.
What does TRAC report about Judge Guy Grande'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 Guy Grande decided 306 asylum cases at San Diego Immigration Court and denied 33.7 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 Guy Grande 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 San Diego Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.