What is Judge Nathaniel B. Walker's background?
EOIR's notice says that Nathaniel B. Walker was appointed in February 2018. Judge Walker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1996 from Stanford. From 2014 to 2018, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, in Los Angeles. From 2009 to 2014, he served as an assistant chief counsel for Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Adelanto and Los Angeles, Calif. From 2006 to 2009, he served as an assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for the Commonwealth of Virginia, in both Pulaski and Montgomery counties, Va. From 2003 to 2006, he was an associate at Howrey LLP, in Washington, D.C.
What does TRAC report about Judge Nathaniel B. Walker'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 Nathaniel B. Walker decided 529 asylum cases at Santa Ana Immigration Court and denied 76.7 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 Nathaniel B. Walker 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.