Los Angeles — N. Los Angeles Street, CA Immigration Court
Appointed November 2023 · President Joe Biden→ Attorney General Merrick Garland(AG inferred from date)
2 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Jake Nare earned 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. He served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Army (2011-2016) and as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California in Los Angeles and Santa Ana (2016-2023), and continued to serve as a judge advocate and appellate defense counsel in the U.S. Army Reserve. He is a member of the State Bar of California.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
470
Completions per year
2,349 total
0.6%
Detained at decision
share of cases
11.6 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
31.6%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
8.8%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 18 appeals — too few
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
48.7%
384 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
1.2%
327 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
100%⚠
3 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
100%⚠
2 decisions Too few cases
48.7%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 384 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
48.7%
This court
29.1%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 20% of the 825 judges nationally with enough cases to compare.
Does a lawyer matter here?
Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyerrepresented · 378 decisions since 2021
48.7%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 6 decisions since 2021
50%
Asylum grant rate over time
Each point is that calendar year's grant rate, back to 2015 where the judge was deciding cases — the longer career view. Dashed grey line = current national average (31.8%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
Courts where this judge has decided cases
Hearing locations for cases this judge completed since 2021, by number of decisions.
Many judges hear cases from more than one court (detained facilities, video dockets, or reassignments).