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Michael M. Neal
Newark (NEW) · Newark, NJ
Michael M. Neal is listed with Newark (NEW). The database records 668 asylum outcomes: 49 approved, 619 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
Michael Martin Neal was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2024. Judge Neal earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2011 from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor in 2014 from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. From 2021 to 2024, he was an immigration legal services advisor at the International Rescue Committee in Miami, a global nonprofit which provides humanitarian assistance to refugees and asylum seekers. From 2018 to 2021, he served as an assistant federal public defender at the Office of the Federal Public Defender in El Paso, Texas. From 2016 to 2018, he served as an associate counsel at the Board of Veterans' Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, in Washington, D.C. From 2015 to 2016, he served as an assistant public defender at the Polk County Office of the Public Defender in Bartow, Florida. In addition, Judge Neal has provided pro bono immigration legal aid to Annunciation House in El Paso; veterans legal aid to the El Paso Bar Association; and medical debt legal aid for Dade Legal Aid in Miami. Judge Neal is a member of the Florida Bar and the State of Texas Bar.
Education: Judge Neal earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2011 from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor in 2014 from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.
Bar admission: Judge Neal is a member of the Florida Bar and the State of Texas 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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