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EOIR / Immigration Judge
Over the trailing 12 months, Immigration Judge Nelson, Douglas Donaldson granted asylum in 16.3% of decided cases at the Salt Lake City Immigration Court, based on FOIA-released EOIR data.
Latest 12-month grant rate
16.3%
Asylum decisions, trailing 12 months
Lifetime total cases
727
All recorded asylum decisions
Court lifetime grant rate
42.5%
Weighted across all judges and all recorded months
Last data refresh
2026-05-21
From Deportation Data Project FOIA release
The court-wide lifetime rate is a stable historical benchmark; this judge's trailing 12-month rate uses the same methodology but a shorter window, so the two values can differ materially.
Over the trailing 12 months, Immigration Judge Nelson, Douglas Donaldson granted asylum in 16.3% of decided merit cases at the Salt Lake City Immigration Court, based on FOIA-released EOIR data. The figure uses the standard methodology: cases granted divided by cases granted plus cases ordered removed.
The lifetime grant rate weighted across all judges at the Salt Lake City Immigration Court is 42.5%. Per-judge rates can diverge from the court-wide aggregate because of caseload mix, time on the bench, and the 2025 asylum-policy shift that changed merit-decision volumes nationally.
727 merit asylum decisions appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for Judge Nelson, Douglas Donaldson. Administrative outcomes (terminations, dismissals) are excluded from the rate.
No. The grant rate is a statistical aggregate over completed decisions, not a prediction. Individual case outcomes depend on case-specific merits, evidence, country conditions, and the quality of counsel. This page is informational and does not constitute legal advice.