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Stephen Stewart
Charlotte (CHL) · Charlotte, NC
Stephen Stewart is listed with Charlotte (CHL). The database records 512 asylum outcomes: 28 approved, 484 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
Stephen R. Stewart was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases 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. Judge Stewart is a member of the State Bar of Georgia.
Education: Judge Stewart earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1990 from the University of St.
Bar admission: Judge Stewart is a member of the State Bar of Georgia.
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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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