Immigration judge
Michael Pleters
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- Status
- active
- Data source
- TRAC Immigration Judge Reports
Grant rate
14.4%
30 / 208
Total decisions
208
Merits decision sample in current public statistics
Grant rate
14.4%
Grants: 30
Denial rate
83.2%
Denials: 173
Other relief rate
2.4%
Other relief: 5
Judge profile
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Michael S. Pleters to begin hearing cases in July 2017. Judge Pleters earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1987 from Columbia University and a Juris Doctor in 1992 from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. From 1999 to 2017, he served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, in El Paso, Texas. From 2011 to 2014, he served as a special assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico. From 1994 to 1999, he served as an assistant district attorney for the Office of the District Attorney, 34th Judicial District, also in El Paso. From 1992 to 1994, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Harry Lee Hudspeth, Chief U.S. District Court Judge, Western District of Texas. Judge Pleters is a member of the Texas and New York State Bars.
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