Shelly W. Schools
Immigration Judge, Oakdale Immigration Court. Appointed October 2019 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 238
- Asylum granted
- 47
- Other relief granted
- 7
- Denied
- 184
- Against own court
- -4.6 pts
| FY22 | FY23 | FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| 69% | 79% | 84% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 50% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Nicaragua (18.9%), Turkiye (16%), Colombia (6.7%), Honduras (5.9%), Ecuador (4.2%).
Official biography
Attorney General William Barr appointed Shelly W. Schools to begin hearing cases in October 2019. Judge Schools ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 1994 from the University of Mississippi, a Juris Doctor in 1997 from the University of Mississippi, and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science in 2009 from Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base,Alabama. In 2019, she retired as a colonel from the U.S. Air Force. From 1997 to 2019, Judge Schools served as a judge advocate, prosecutor, defense counsel at the trial and appellate level,staff judge advocate, and trial judge in the U.S. Air Force at the following locations: Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas; Bolling Air Force Base, District of Columbia; Maxwell Air Force Base,Alabama; Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri; the Pentagon, District of Columbia: Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas; U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado; Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas; and Travis Air Force Base, California. Judge Schools is a member of the Mississippi State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Oakdale
Court page →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.