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Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Tara Naselow-Nahas earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1989 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Juris Doctor in 1992 from Whittier Law School. She served as a judicial law clerk at the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles (1992-1995), an assistant chief counsel for the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (1995-2003), and an assistant and then deputy chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles (2003-2009). She has served as an immigration judge since November 2009. She is a member of the State Bar of California.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
1,933
Completions per year
11,596 total
5.7%
Detained at decision
share of cases
19.5 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
35.9%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
3.6%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
10.9%
Appeals remanded or reversed
128 appeals decided
Bond decisions
Custody redetermination (bond) rulings since 2021.
"Granted" means the judge lowered the bond, ordered release on recognizance, or otherwise granted the request.
57.1%⚠
Bond requests granted
7 bond decisions Too few cases
$20,000
Median bond when set
3 bonds with amounts
0%
Released on own recognizance
This judge 57.1%
Court average 24% · median $10,000
National 41.9% · median $6,500
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
5.2%
426 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
2.7%
713 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
44.3%
70 decisions Moderate
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
28.6%⚠
7 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
63.4%⚠
41 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
93.9%
457 decisions High confidence
5.2%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 426 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
5.2%
This court
14.1%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the bottom 7% 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 · 350 decisions since 2021
6%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 76 decisions since 2021
1.3%
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.
* 2026 is a partial year (data through 06/01/2026) and is incomplete.
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).