Michael A. Lewis
Immigration Judge, Annandale Immigration Court. Appointed December 2022.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 382
- Asylum granted
- 47
- Other relief granted
- 10
- Denied
- 325
- Against own court
- +5.5 pts
| FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|
| 83% | 87% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 82% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Honduras (17%), El Salvador (14.9%), Bolivia (11.3%), Peru (9.2%), Guatemala (8.9%).
Official biography
Michael A. Lewis was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in December 2022. Judge Lewis earned a Bachelor of Science in 1992 from Bentley College and a Juris Doctor in 1995 from Boston College Law School. From 1995 to 2022, he served as an attorney, trial judge, and appellate judge with the U.S. Air Force in several locations, including: Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas; Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington; U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado; Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina; Ramstein Air Base, Germany; Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico; Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona; and Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. In 2022, he retired as a colonel from the U.S. Air Force, having last served as an appellate judge on the U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals. Judge Lewis is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
In the record
EOIR Announces 11 New Immigration Judges
EOIR's announcement of 11 new immigration judges lists Michael A. Lewis as appointed to the Annandale Immigration Court, beginning cases in December 2022. From 1995 to 2022 he served as an attorney, trial judge and appellate judge with the U.S. Air Force.
Other judges at Annandale
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.