What is Judge Matthew E. Sweet's background?
EOIR's notice says that Matthew E. Sweet was appointed in April 2026. Judge Sweet earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2014 from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Juris Doctor in 2018 from Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. From 2020 to 2026, he served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Arlington and Annandale, Virginia. During that time, he specialized in immigration matters relating to appellate litigation, criminal law, human rights violators, and national security. From 2018 to 2020, he served as a presidential management fellow at the Library of Congress. From 2016 to 2018, he served as a U.S. congressional law clerk for the House Committee on Small Business, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and the Senate Judiciary Committee on behalf of the Honorable Senator Orrin Hatch.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Matthew E. Sweet 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 Annandale Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.
No outcome or personal-profile claims
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