David M. Jones
Immigration Judge, Baltimore Immigration Court. Appointed March 2019 by Matthew Whitaker.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 147
- Asylum granted
- 62
- Other relief granted
- 17
- Denied
- 68
- Against own court
- -9.4 pts
| FY21 | FY22 |
|---|---|
| 71% | 16% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 84% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: El Salvador (31.3%), Guatemala (25.2%), Honduras (13.6%), Congo (4.1%), Haiti (4.1%).
Official biography
Then-Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker appointed David M. Jones to begin supervisory immigration court duties and hearing cases in March 2019. He will oversee the Baltimore Immigration Court. Judge Jones received a Bachelor of Arts in 1988 from Brigham Young University and a Juris Doctor in 1992 the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University. He also received a Masters of Law in Military Law (criminal) in 2003 from The Judge Advocate General's School of the U.S. Army. Prior to his appointment, Judge Jonesserved 26 years on active duty as a judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he spent almost his entire career litigating and adjudicating criminal cases. Upon his retirement, Judge Jones was serving as an appellate judge on the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals. Prior to that, he served 11 years as a criminal trial judge, and an additional 11 years in a varietyof prosecution and defense billets. Judge Jones is a member of the Utah State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Baltimore
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.