The Honorable Immigration Judge Matthew J D'Angelo

Boston, MA Immigration Court
Appointed April 2003 · President George W. Bush Attorney General John Ashcroft (AG inferred from date)
23 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Republican administration

Background

The Honorable Immigration Judge Matthew J D'Angelo earned an undergraduate degree from Stonehill College in 1984 and a Juris Doctor from New England School of Law in Boston in 1988. From 1988 to 2003 he served as an assistant district counsel in charge of the detention division at the legacy immigration agency/Department of Homeland Security, and from 2000 to 2003 he also served as a special assistant U.S. attorney in Boston. He was first appointed an immigration judge at the Hartford Immigration Court in April 2003 and subsequently transferred to the Boston Immigration Court.

Caseload & process (since 2021)
1
Completions per year
1 total
0%
Detained at decision
share of cases
Median time to decision
from case start
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
0%
Decisions appealed to BIA
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Appeals remanded or reversed
This judge has no asylum decisions on the merits in this period (since 2021).
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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.
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%2015: 64.7% of 68 decisions64.7%20152016: 65.3% of 72 decisions65.3%20162017: 48.8% of 127 decisions48.8%20172018: 50% of 114 decisions50%2018

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).
Boston, MA · home court
1 (100%)