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Matthew Sweet
Annandale (ANN) · Annandale
Matthew Sweet is listed with Annandale (ANN). The database records 57 asylum outcomes: 2 approved, 55 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case.
Yearly changes
Yearly asylum decision trend
Applicant origin
Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality
Each row shows fiscal year, nationality, valid decisions, and approval rate.
Official appointment record
Judge background and appointment
Official biography
Matthew E. Sweet was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases 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. Judge Sweet is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and U.S. Supreme Court Bar.
Education: 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.
Bar admission: Judge Sweet is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and U.S. Supreme Court Bar.
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How to read approval rates
Decision approval rateis approved ÷ (approved + denied). Blue “Other” is shown separately and includes identifiable withholding/CAT protection, cancellation or adjustment, voluntary departure, withdrawal, termination, dismissal, and administrative closure; it is excluded from the rate denominator.Approved share of all outcomesuses approved, denied, and other outcomes in the denominator.
With small samples, a few cases can move the percentage sharply. The page flags samples below 50 and below 200 decisions.
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