What is Judge Jonathan Huang's background?
EOIR's notice says that Jonathan Huang was appointed in December 2021. Judge Huang earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor in 2004 from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. In 2021, he served as an Administrative Law Judge with the Inland Office of Appeals, California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, in Rancho Cucamonga. From 2018 to 2021, he served as an Administrative Law Judge – Specialist, Los Angeles Regional Office (LARO), State Hearings Division (SHD), California Department of Social Services (CDSS). From 2014 to 2018, he served as an Administrative Law Judge, LARO, SHD, CDSS. From 2010 to 2014, he served as a Deputy Commissioner for the California Board of Parole Hearings (BPH), in Los Angeles.
What does TRAC report about Judge Jonathan Huang'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 Jonathan Huang decided 888 asylum cases at Santa Ana Immigration Court and denied 84.6 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 Jonathan Huang 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 Santa Ana Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.