What is Judge Stephen Stewart's background?
EOIR's notice says that Stephen Stewart was appointed in November 2024. Judge Stewart earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1990 from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota; a Juris Doctor in 1994 from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale; and a Master of Law in 2006 from The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, U.S. Army, in Charlottesville, Virginia. From 1995 to 2023, he served on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps as a prosecutor, operational and international law attorney, staff judge advocate (general counsel), professor of law, policy counsel, special counsel, civil litigation attorney, officer-in-charge, executive officer, chief of staff, and senior appellate military judge, in the following locations: Camp Pendleton, California; Okinawa, Japan; Dili, East Timor; Miami; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Charlottesville, Virginia; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Helmand Province, Afghanistan; Newport, Rhode Island; and Washington, D.C. Additionally, Judge Stewart deployed in support of the peacekeeping operation in East Timor, United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), in 1999; the peace enforcement operation in Haiti in 2004 (Operation Secure Tomorrow); and combat operations in Afghanistan in 2011 (Operation Enduring Freedom). From 2023 to 2024, he was a civilian attorney for the U.S. Coast Guard as a legislative counsel.
What does TRAC report about Judge Stephen Stewart'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 Stephen Stewart decided 403 asylum cases at Charlotte Immigration Court and denied 95.0 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 Stephen Stewart 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 Richmond Immigration Adjudication Center. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.