What is Judge DeLana Jones's background?
EOIR's notice says that DeLana Jones was appointed in October 2020. Judge Jones earned a Bachelor of Science in 1998 from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from Harvard Law School. From 2013 to 2020, she served as a special assistant U.S. attorney and as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, in Atlanta. From 2010 to 2013, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Linda T. Walker, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Georgia, in Atlanta. From 2006 to 2010, she was in private practice, in Atlanta.
What does TRAC report about Judge DeLana 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 DeLana Jones decided 611 asylum cases at Houston - Gessner Immigration Court and denied 82.8 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 DeLana 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 Houston - S. Gessner Road Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.