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Immigration judges

Jake Nare

Immigration Judge, Los Angeles-North Los Angeles St. Immigration Court. Appointed November 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Nare45.4%
Los Angeles - North court65.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
377
Asylum granted
183
Other relief granted
23
Denied
171
Against own court
-20.0 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24FY25
45%44%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 95% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: China (53.1%), Russia (11.9%), Armenia (10.6%), Colombia (5.6%), Nicaragua (4.8%).

Official biography

Jake D. Nare was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Nare ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2005 from the University of California, San Diego, and a Juris Doctor in 2010 from Pepperdine University School of Law. From 2016 to 2023, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, in Los Angeles and Santa Ana, California. From 2011 to 2016, he served as a judge advocate for the U.S. Army in Fort Lee, Virginia, and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. He most recently served as a judge advocate and appellate defense counsel in the U.S. Army Reserve. Judge Nare is a member of the State Bar of California.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

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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.