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Sheila E. Gallow

Immigration Judge, Atlanta Ted Turner Drive Immigration Court. Appointed January 2020 by William P. Barr.

StrictDenies more often than the national average+11.6 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Gallow74.5%
Atlanta - ATD court83.1%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
149
Asylum granted
24
Other relief granted
14
Denied
111
Against own court
-8.6 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24FY25
72%89%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 62% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Mexico (36.9%), Guatemala (9.4%), Venezuela (8.7%), Honduras (7.4%), Colombia (4%).

Official biography

Attorney General Barr appointed Sheila E. Gallow to begin hearing cases in January 2020. Judge Gallow earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from Auburn University and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law. From 2016 to 2019, she served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Atlanta. From 2011 to 2016, she served as the chief assistant district attorney in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit. From 2007 to 2011, she served as an assistant attorney general with the Office of Georgia Attorney General, in Atlanta. Since 2012, she has also served as a judge advocate with the U.S. Army Reserves, serving as an administrative law attorney, trial counsel, legal advisor for FEMA Region IV, and brigade judge advocate in the following locations: Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Gordon, Georgia; and Fort Benning, Georgia. Judge Gallow is a member of the State Bar of Georgia.

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

In the record

  • Executive Office for Immigration Review · 2025-08-29

    EOIR Announces 3 Appellate Immigration Judges

    EOIR announced that Attorney General Pamela Bondi appointed Sheila E. Gallow as an appellate immigration judge in August 2025. The notice records that she had served as an immigration judge at the Atlanta Ted Turner Drive Immigration Court from January 2020.

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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.