Appointed January 2020 · President Donald Trump→ Attorney General William P. Barr
6 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Republican administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Sheila E Gallow was appointed as an immigration judge in January 2020 by Attorney General William P. Barr. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from Auburn University and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law. From 2007 to 2011, she served as an assistant attorney general in the Georgia Attorney General's Office, and from 2011 to 2016 as a chief assistant district attorney in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit. From 2016 to 2019, she was an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Chief Counsel, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Atlanta. She has also served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Army Reserve since 2012 and is a member of the State Bar of Georgia.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
994
Completions per year
5,962 total
18.4%
Detained at decision
share of cases
5.2 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
31.5%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
2.5%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
24.2%
Appeals remanded or reversed
62 appeals decided
Bond decisions
Custody redetermination (bond) rulings since 2021.
"Granted" means the judge lowered the bond, ordered release on recognizance, or otherwise granted the request.
68.8%
Bond requests granted
597 bond decisions High confidence
$10,000
Median bond when set
299 bonds with amounts
27%
Released on own recognizance
This judge 68.8%
Court average 51.3% · median $7,500
National 41.9% · median $6,500
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
13.5%
222 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
8.5%
389 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
25.5%⚠
47 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
54.5%⚠
11 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
54.5%⚠
11 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
60%
130 decisions Moderate
13.5%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 222 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
13.5%
This court
10.5%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the bottom 28% 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 · 140 decisions since 2021
21.4%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 82 decisions since 2021
0%
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.
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).