Douglas Donaldson Nelson
Immigration Judge, Salt Lake City Immigration Court. Appointed August 2023.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 572
- Asylum granted
- 273
- Other relief granted
- 19
- Denied
- 280
- Against own court
- +12.1 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| 4% | 37% | 67% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 94% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Venezuela (49.5%), Colombia (17.5%), Peru (10.1%), Mexico (7.5%), Nicaragua (4.4%).
Official biography
Douglas D. Nelson was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in August 2023. Judge Nelson ear ned his Bachelor of Arts in 1991 from Brigham Young University and a Juris Doctor in 1994 from the University of San Diego School of Law. From 1995 to 2023, he worked as an immigration attorney in private practice for Alejandro O. Campillo APLC and the Law Office of Douglas D. Nelson. During this time, from 2002 to 2004, he served as chair of the Immigration Section for the San Diego County Bar, and from 1996 to 2021, he was liaison between the San Diego chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and numerous Federal immigration agencies. From 1994 to 1995, he was a judicial law clerk at the San Diego Immigration Court, entering on duty through the Attorney General's Honors Program. Judge Nelson is a member of the State Bar of California.
In the record
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