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Gabrielle Jones

Immigration Judge, New Orleans Immigration Court. Appointed May 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Jones46.5%
New Orleans court69.3%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
409
Asylum granted
182
Other relief granted
37
Denied
190
Against own court
-22.8 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24FY25
42%54%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 92% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (45.2%), Nicaragua (23.2%), Guatemala (6.1%), Venezuela (5.6%), Brazil (3.9%).

Official biography

Gabrielle D. Jones was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in May 2023. Judge Jones ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 from McNeese State University and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from Southern University Law Center. From 2014 to 2023, she was the deputy direct ing attorney of the Family Justice Project at the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada (LACSN) and man aged the Immigration Advocacy Project where her cases involved domestic violence, sexual assault, human traffic king, and ab used, neglected and abandoned children. During this time at LACSN, she also handled cases in Las Vegas before EOIR and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. Additionally in this role, she collaborated with community partners to provide immigration-related educational classes, legal clinics and free consultations. From 2008 to 2014, she was a domestic violence attorney at LACSN handling divorce, custody, and protection order cases. From 2006 to 2007, she was the mana ging attorney for the Louisiana Civil Justice Center. From 2002 to 2005, she was a litigation and foreclosure Attorney at Butler & Hosch PA. From 2001 to 2002, she was a closing attorney at Garland Title & Escrow. Judge Jones is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, Louisiana State Bar, and the State Bar of Nevada.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

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About these figures. Denial rates describe outcomes in the cases a judge happened to hear, which differ by detention, nationality and representation. They are not a measure of fairness or competence. Method and sources are on the judges index.