Buffalo, NY Immigration Court

6 judges with decisions since 2021 · Court asylum grant rate 33% (2,756 decisions)
Judges (most asylum decisions first)
Mary C BaumgartenBuffalo, NYAppointed March 2019 · President Donald Trump → AG Matthew Whitaker
13.7%asylum · 825 decisions
Walter H RuehleBuffalo, NYAppointed September 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
43.1%asylum · 736 decisions
Steven J ConnellyBuffalo, NYAppointed October 2010 · President Barack Obama → AG Eric H. Holder Jr.
33.6%asylum · 488 decisions
Denise HochulBuffalo, NYAppointed January 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
57.1%asylum · 417 decisions
Brandi LohrBuffalo, NYAppointed August 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
27.2%asylum · 287 decisions
Brandon JarochBuffalo, NYAppointed October 2021 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
0%⚠asylum · 3 decisions
Alexander Benjamin RubinBuffalo, NYAppointed July 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi
—no asylum merits