What is Judge David Jones's background?
EOIR's notice says that David Jones was appointed in March 2019. Judge Jones received a Bachelor of Arts in 1988 from Brigham Young University and a Juris Doctor in 1992 the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University. He will oversee the Baltimore Immigration Court. He also received a Masters of Law in Military Law (criminal) in 2003 from The Judge Advocate General’s School of the U.S. Army. Prior to his appointment, Judge Jones served 26 years on active duty as a judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he spent almost his entire career litigating and adjudicating criminal cases. Upon his retirement, Judge Jones was serving as an appellate judge on the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals. Prior to that, he served 11 years as a criminal trial judge, and an additional 11 years in a variety of prosecution and defense billets.
What does TRAC report about Judge David Jones'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 David Jones decided 929 asylum cases at Hyattsville Immigration Court and denied 55.0 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 David Jones 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 Hyattsville Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.