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The Buffalo, NY Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 23.5% across 41,026 decided cases. The court has 12 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Buffalo, NY Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 23.5% in the current AsylumTracker dataset. Court-level statistics aggregate judges and cases assigned to that court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Montante Jr., Philip J. (23,994 total cases), Rocco, Michael (15,211 total cases), and Ragno, Thomas M. (11,750 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Ecuador (1,557 decided, 1.9% grant rate), Guatemala (1,253 decided, 5.0% grant rate), and Venezuela (1,043 decided, 5.0% grant rate).
Asylum grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Procedural outcomes are separated so users can distinguish merits decisions from docket-management outcomes.
This page uses public EOIR records last updated 2026-07-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montante Jr., Philip J. | 15.8% | 2,679 | 14,279 | 16,958 |
| Rocco, Michael | 17.9% | 1,400 | 6,429 | 7,829 |
| Ragno, Thomas M. | 28.5% | 2,763 | 6,940 | 9,703 |
| Ruehle, Walter H. | 19.9% | 797 | 3,211 | 4,008 |
| Connelly, Steven J. | 9.9% | 427 | 3,879 | 4,306 |
| Mc Carrick, John J. | 42.4% | 1,368 | 1,861 | 3,229 |
| Hochul, Denise | 18.0% | 619 | 2,817 | 3,436 |
| Baumgarten, Mary C. | 2.9% | 112 | 3,775 | 3,887 |
| Lohr, Brandi | 5.6% | 105 | 1,764 | 1,869 |
| Schultz, Eric | 7.9% | 75 | 869 | 944 |
| Sacks, Gordon W. | 23.1% | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| Staszak, Christopher | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 1.9% | 30 | 1,527 | 1,557 |
| Guatemala | 5.0% | 63 | 1,190 | 1,253 |
| Venezuela | 5.0% | 52 | 991 | 1,043 |
| Mexico | 10.2% | 101 | 887 | 988 |
| Colombia | 2.1% | 18 | 823 | 841 |
| Brazil | 1.9% | 12 | 627 | 639 |
| Turkey | 7.4% | 39 | 487 | 526 |
| Nicaragua | 5.2% | 27 | 497 | 524 |
| Honduras | 9.0% | 36 | 365 | 401 |
| Cuba | 20.9% | 72 | 272 | 344 |
| Peru | 1.6% | 5 | 314 | 319 |
| Sri Lanka | 4.1% | 10 | 236 | 246 |
| Dominican Republic | 1.3% | 3 | 232 | 235 |
| India | 11.2% | 23 | 182 | 205 |
| Angola | 13.2% | 27 | 177 | 204 |
| Bangladesh | 35.0% | 70 | 130 | 200 |
| Haiti | 4.2% | 8 | 183 | 191 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 18.8% | 34 | 147 | 181 |
| Russia | 59.4% | 104 | 71 | 175 |
| Afghanistan | 44.9% | 71 | 87 | 158 |
| El Salvador | 16.2% | 25 | 129 | 154 |
| Canada | 39.8% | 53 | 80 | 133 |
| Jamaica | 22.0% | 27 | 96 | 123 |
| Mauritania | 2.3% | 2 | 85 | 87 |
| Ghana | 24.1% | 14 | 44 | 58 |
| Guyana | 27.8% | 15 | 39 | 54 |
| Pakistan | 34.6% | 18 | 34 | 52 |
| China | 30.6% | 15 | 34 | 49 |
| Nigeria | 46.9% | 23 | 26 | 49 |
| Guinea | 26.5% | 13 | 36 | 49 |
| Cameroon | 66.0% | 31 | 16 | 47 |
| Congo | 47.6% | 20 | 22 | 42 |
| Sudan | 32.5% | 13 | 27 | 40 |
| Somalia | 48.6% | 18 | 19 | 37 |
| Senegal | 8.6% | 3 | 32 | 35 |
| Sierra Leone | 70.4% | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| Belarus | 69.2% | 18 | 8 | 26 |
| Romania | 4.0% | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| Ukraine | 75.0% | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| Iraq | 84.2% | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| Uzbekistan | 75.0% | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Ethiopia | 50.0% | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Syria | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Armenia | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Eritrea | 40.0% | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Vietnam | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Yemen | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| United Kingdom | 85.7% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Italy | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Palestine | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Nepal | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Iran | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Egypt | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |