Douglas Donaldson Nelson at a glance
- Current role
- Immigration Judge
- Jurisdiction
- Utah · Federal
Douglas Donaldson Nelson
Immigration Judge · Salt Lake City Immigration Court
Historical EOIR data
Outcomes at a glance
- Total outcomes
- 2,231
- Relief granted
- 305 13.7%
- Denied / removal ordered
- 1,299 58.2%
- Other / procedural
- 627 28.1%
National comparison for this selection: 9,249,024 outcomes; 10.0% relief granted; 52.0% denied / removal ordered; 38.0% other / procedural.
Methodology and sources
These are proceeding outcomes, not asylum application statistics. Completion years use EOIR COMP_DATE; 2026 contains partial-year data. Relief granted, denied / removal ordered and other / procedural exhaust the recorded outcomes. Groups of one are included. Historical outcomes do not establish a current assignment. Counts describe recorded cases and do not predict an individual's result.
Official EOIR case data · Source date: Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:14:27 GMT
Biography
Professional career
- Judge Douglas D. Nelson is an immigration judge appointed in August 2023 to the West Valley Immigration Court in Utah, with a background as a decades‐long immigration attorney in private practice
- From 1995 to 2023, he practiced immigration law in private practice for Alejandro O. Campillo APLC and the Law Office of Douglas D. Nelson
- Judicial law clerk at the San Diego Immigration Court (1994–1995) via the Attorney General’s Honors Program
Education
- University of San Diego School of Law — J.D. (1994)
- Brigham Young University — B.A. (1991)
Additional information
- FY 2021–2026 (first 9 months): 572 asylum decisions on the merits — 273 granted asylum, 19 other relief, 280 denied.
- Liaison between the San Diego chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and federal immigration agencies (1996–2021)
- Chair of the Immigration Section, San Diego County Bar (2002–2004)
- 94% of respondents represented by counsel (national average 81%)
- He is a member of the State Bar of California.
Sources
Identity source checked October 6, 2026.
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