What is Judge Daniel Malvin's background?
EOIR's notice says that Daniel Malvin was appointed in November 2018. Judge Malvin earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1989 from California State University, Northridge, and a Juris Doctor in 1993 from Loyola Law School. From 2016 to 2018, he served as a supervisory administrative law judge with the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in Kansas City, Missouri. From 2006 to 2016, he served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in El Centro, and Los Angeles, California. During that time, from 2012 to 2015, he served as a special assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, in Los Angeles. From 2004 to 2006, he was an attorney in private practice, in Los Angeles.
What does TRAC report about Judge Daniel Malvin's asylum decisions?
TRAC, a research center that began at Syracuse University, reports that for FY 2021 - 2026 (data covers the first 9 months of fiscal year 2026), Judge Daniel Malvin decided 213 asylum cases at Los Angeles - Wla Immigration Court and denied 49.8 percent, based on its report of Aug 27, 2026. These are past figures for one court. They do not predict your case, which turns on your facts, evidence, nationality and representation, and TRAC cautions against simple comparisons between judges at different courts. Read the full report at TRAC, and talk to a lawyer about your own case.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Daniel Malvin in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Immigration Judge. The record is not an appointment history or an employment certification.
Dated court associations
EOIR’s court-specific tables associate this entry with Los Angeles - West Los Angeles Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.