Rajesh Mathew at a glance
- Current role
- Immigration Judge
- Jurisdiction
- Maryland · Federal
Rajesh Mathew
Immigration Judge · Hyattsville Immigration Court
Historical EOIR data
Outcomes at a glance
- Total outcomes
- 1,220
- Relief granted
- 201 16.5%
- Denied / removal ordered
- 770 63.1%
- Other / procedural
- 249 20.4%
National comparison for this selection: 9,249,024 outcomes; 10.0% relief granted; 52.0% denied / removal ordered; 38.0% other / procedural.
Methodology and sources
These are proceeding outcomes, not asylum application statistics. Completion years use EOIR COMP_DATE; 2026 contains partial-year data. Relief granted, denied / removal ordered and other / procedural exhaust the recorded outcomes. Groups of one are included. Historical outcomes do not establish a current assignment. Counts describe recorded cases and do not predict an individual's result.
Official EOIR case data · Source date: Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:14:27 GMT
Biography
Professional career
- Rajesh K. Mathew was appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) to serve as an immigration judge, starting in May 2024
- Judge Rajesh K. Mathew is an appointed U.S. immigration judge at the Hyattsville Immigration Court, beginning his tenure in May 2024, with a background in U.S. Air Force legal service and DOJ work
Education
- Liberty University — M.A. (2020)
- John Marshall Law School — J.D. (2012)
- Saint Xavier University — B.A. (2008)
Additional information
- From 2013–2023, he held the role of a U.S. Air Force attorney at multiple bases, including Maxwell AFB (AL), Ramstein AFB (Germany), Robins AFB (GA), Barksdale AFB (LA), and Malmstrom AFB (MT) From 2023–2024, he was Assistant General Counsel with the FBI, U.S. Department of Justice
- Judge Mathew’s docket includes cases from multiple nationalities, with Cameroon, Honduras, and El Salvador among the most common
- He is admitted to the District of Columbia, Illinois, and New York bars
Sources
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