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April 6, 1999

IMMIGRATION JUDGE TAKES OATH OF OFFICE

IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

(ARLINGTON, VA) -- Rosalind K. Malloy will be sworn in today as an Immigration Judge during an investiture ceremony at 2:00 p.m. in the Ceremonial Courtroom of the Immigration Court, 901 N. Stuart Street, Suite 1300, Arlington, Virginia. Chief Immigration Judge Michael J. Creppy, from the Executive Office for Immigration Review in Falls Church, Virginia, will administer the oath of office.

Judge Malloy joins the ranks of some 200 Immigration Judges located in 52 Immigration Courts throughout the Nation. They are responsible for conducting formal administrative proceedings to determine whether foreign-born individuals who are charged with violations of Federal immigration law should be removed from the United States or may be granted relief from removal. Immigration Judges decide each case independently and their decisions are final unless appealed or certified to the Board of Immigration Appeals. In the past year, Immigration Judges completed more than 265,000 such proceedings. They are also authorized to administer oaths of citizenship to candidates for naturalization.

Judge Malloy was appointed Immigration Judge in December 1998 and is assigned to the Immigration Court in Los Angeles, California. She received her B.A. in 1964 from Hunter College, City University of New York; an M.A. in 1971 and an M.ED. in 1975 from Teachers College, Columbia University; and her J.D. in 1979 from Rutgers University. Judge Malloy was an Assistant District Counsel with the Immigration and Naturalization Service in New York from 1995 to 1998. From 1993 to 1994, she served as a Hearing Officer with the Georgia Department of Corrections in Atlanta, Georgia. Judge Malloy was in private practice in Atlanta from 1990 to 1993. She was an Assistant District Attorney in New York from 1984 to 1989. Previously, Judge Malloy served as a Teacher/Guidance Counselor with the New York City Board of Education, John F. Kennedy High School, Bronx, New York, and was a volunteer in Nigeria. Judge Malloy is a member of both the New York and Georgia Bars.

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