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Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Gioia Maiellano earned a Bachelor of Science in 1994 from Fordham University and a Juris Doctor in 1998 from Brooklyn Law School. She worked as a solo practitioner (2021-2022), as an administrative law judge with the New York City Department of Finance (2017-2021), as an asylum officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (2015-2016), and as an assistant chief counsel with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York (2003-2013), among other roles including a law clerkship with the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
755
Completions per year
4,530 total
3.6%
Detained at decision
share of cases
16.1 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
34%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
1.8%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 14 appeals — too few
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
27%
778 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
2.8%
578 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
42.1%⚠
19 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
100%⚠
23 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
88.9%⚠
18 decisions Too few cases
27%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 778 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
27%
This court
57.3%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 49% of the 825 judges nationally with enough cases to compare.
Does a lawyer matter here?
Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyerrepresented · 385 decisions since 2021
54%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 393 decisions since 2021
0.5%
Asylum grant rate over time
Each point is that calendar year's grant rate, back to 2015 where the judge was deciding cases — the longer career view. Dashed grey line = current national average (31.8%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
* 2026 is a partial year (data through 06/01/2026) and is incomplete.
Courts where this judge has decided cases
Hearing locations for cases this judge completed since 2021, by number of decisions.
Many judges hear cases from more than one court (detained facilities, video dockets, or reassignments).