What is Judge Matthew C. Beese's background?
EOIR's notice says that Matthew C. Beese was appointed in October 2025. Judge Beese earned an Associate of Arts in 1992 from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1996 from Missouri Southern State College, and a Juris Doctor in 2002 from Northern Illinois University College of Law. From 2022 to 2025, he served as an administrative law judge with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. From 2018 to 2022, he served as the municipal judge for the Town of Okay, Oklahoma. From 2010 to 2022, he served as deputy city attorney for Muskogee, Oklahoma.
What does TRAC report about Judge Matthew C. Beese's asylum decisions?
TRAC, a research center that began at Syracuse University, reports that for FY 2021 - 2026 (data covers the first 9 months of fiscal year 2026), Judge Matthew C. Beese decided 148 asylum cases at Chicago Immigration Court and denied 85.8 percent, based on its report of Aug 27, 2026. These are past figures for one court. They do not predict your case, which turns on your facts, evidence, nationality and representation, and TRAC cautions against simple comparisons between judges at different courts. Read the full report at TRAC, and talk to a lawyer about your own case.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Matthew C. Beese in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Immigration Judge. The record is not an appointment history or an employment certification.
Dated court associations
EOIR’s court-specific tables associate this entry with Chicago Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.