What is Judge Wilbur Lee's background?
EOIR's notice says that Wilbur Lee was appointed in October 2020. Judge Lee earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1994 from the University of California, Irvine; a Juris Doctor in 1997 from the Southwestern University School of Law; and a Master of Laws in 2010 from the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School. From 1998 to 2020, he served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps in the following locations: Iwakuni, Japan; Arlington, Virginia; District of Columbia; Jacksonville, North Carolina; Oceanside, California; Okinawa, Japan; San Diego, California; and Oahu, Hawaii. While serving as a Marine judge advocate, he served in various positions including defense counsel, appellate counsel, labor and employment counsel, supervisory prosecutor, staff judge advocate, and military judge.
What does TRAC report about Judge Wilbur Lee'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 Wilbur Lee decided 804 asylum cases at Santa Ana Immigration Court and denied 88.1 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 Wilbur Lee 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.