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Pallavi S. Shirole

Immigration Judge, Newark Immigration Court. Appointed October 2019 by William P. Barr.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Shirole73.9%
Newark court70.3%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
476
Asylum granted
118
Other relief granted
6
Denied
352
Against own court
+3.6 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23
80%65%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 90% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Ecuador (42%), Brazil (22.7%), Honduras (10.1%), Guatemala (8%), El Salvador (7.1%).

Official biography

Attorney General William Barr appointed Pallavi S. Shirole to begin hearing cases in October 2019. Judge Shirole ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2006 from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Juris Doctor in 2009 from University of Baltimore School of Law. From 2017 to2019, she served as an associate legal advisor for the National Security Law Section, Office ofthe Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Departmentof Homeland Security (DHS), in the District of Columbia. From 2016 to 2017, she served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of the Chief Counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Portland, Oregon. From 2015 to 2017, she directed the Law & Leadership Program at Frederick Douglass High School, in Baltimore. From 2010 to 2015, she served as an assistant state's attorney for the Office of the State's Attorney, in Baltimore. Judge Shirole is a member of the Maryland State Bar.

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

In the record

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Other judges at Newark

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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.