Immigration judge Michael W. Straus
EOIR records Michael W. Straus as a serving immigration judge, code MWS, with 13,061 proceedings completed in the five fiscal years to 2025 and 23.4% of the asylum applications decided granted, against 37.3% across the country.
Cases, decisions and backlog
- 13,061
- Proceedings completed, FY2021–2025
- 29.6% decided in absentia
- 1,162
- Proceedings pending as of September 2026
- 23.4%
- Asylum grant rate, FY2021–2025
- 424 granted of 1,812 decided
Over the 5 fiscal years from 2021 to 2025, this judge granted 424 asylum applications and denied 1,388 — 23.4% of those decided, against 37.3% across the country. A further 2,642 ended neither way and are in neither figure.
By fiscal year
2 more columns on a wider screen
| Fiscal year | Completed | Asylum granted | Asylum denied |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2,865 | 79 | 452 |
| FY2024 | 4,129 | 120 | 251 |
| FY2023 | 3,291 | 86 | 152 |
| FY2022 | 1,895 | 95 | 222 |
| FY2021 | 881 | 44 | 311 |
| FY2020 | 821 | 51 | 255 |
| FY2019 | 1,002 | 54 | 193 |
| FY2018 | 865 | 45 | 170 |
| FY2017 | 943 | 59 | 104 |
| FY2016 | 928 | 37 | 89 |
Complete fiscal years only. A proceeding is counted in the year it completed, which is not the year it was recorded, so this table is not a record of what arrived.
Where the proceedings were
The courts where EOIR records this judge completing proceedings, which is not the same as the courts they are assigned to: a judge is assigned to a median of three at once and as many as 72, and an assignment is not a posting.
Sources
- EOIR immigration court outcomes by judge, court and fiscal year — U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review · retrieved September 1, 2026
- EOIR immigration judges and courts
Data retrieved