What is Judge Michael Lewis's background?
EOIR's notice says that Michael Lewis was appointed 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.
What does TRAC report about Judge Michael Lewis'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 Michael Lewis decided 382 asylum cases at Annandale Immigration Court and denied 85.1 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 Michael Lewis 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.