Judge Baumgarten, Mary C.

Immigration Judge at Buffalo, NY

3.6%

Approval Rate

Granted

2,511

Denied

2,588

Total Decided

Judge Baumgarten, Mary C. serves at the Buffalo, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 3.6%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Community Discussion

DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Baumgarten (Buffalo, NY) data snapshot: 3,718 cases over 8 years, 3.3% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Baumgarten, Mary C. (IJ code KBJ, Buffalo, NY):

Overall track record

8 years on the bench (since 2019), 3,718 cases total, lifetime grant rate 3.3%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,595 cases, grant rate 3.3% — 6.1pp below the Buffalo court average (9.4%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Ecuador                458    0.0%
Venezuela              299    0.0%
Mexico                 241    0.5%
Colombia               216    0.0%
Cuba                   209   17.7%
Guatemala              180    0.0%
Nicaragua              100    2.1%
Peru                   100    0.0%
Brazil                  90    2.4%
Honduras                78    1.3%
Dominican Republic      66    0.0%

Year-by-year

2023:  256 cases, 6.1% grant rate
2024:  535 cases, 6.8% grant rate
2025:  855 cases, 2.7% grant rate
2026:  949 cases, 0.6% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Baumgarten, I'd love to hear:

1. What's your nationality, and when was your most recent hearing?

2. How did your attorney prepare for this judge specifically?

Source: EOIR (U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review) public statistics, May 2026 release, compiled by AsylumTracker. A judge's historical pattern does not predict the outcome of any individual case; this is shared to help set realistic expectations. Real-experience accounts from the community are welcome.

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How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Baumgarten, Mary C. is listed with the Buffalo, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 3.6% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Ecuador (415 decided, 0.2% grant rate), Mexico (271 decided, 0.4% grant rate), and Venezuela (261 decided, 0.0% grant rate). Compare these rows with the judge's overall rate because nationality mix can materially change how the headline number should be read.

Grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.

This page is based on public EOIR data last updated 2026-05-08. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

Read the grant-rate methodology or learn how to read immigration judge statistics.

Approval Rate by Nationality

Nationality	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
Ecuador	0.2%	1	414	415
Mexico	0.4%	1	270	271
Venezuela	0.0%	0	261	261
Guatemala	0.4%	1	228	229
Colombia	0.0%	0	200	200
Cuba	12.2%	22	158	180
Nicaragua	1.8%	3	164	167
Honduras	1.7%	2	116	118
Brazil	2.1%	2	93	95
Peru	0.0%	0	80	80
Turkey	9.1%	6	60	66
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	58	58
India	0.0%	0	47	47
Sri Lanka	4.3%	2	45	47
El Salvador	5.1%	2	37	39
Bangladesh	7.9%	3	35	38
Cameroon	16.7%	4	20	24
Canada	21.7%	5	18	23
Haiti	0.0%	0	22	22
Afghanistan	36.4%	8	14	22
Jamaica	4.8%	1	20	21
Mauritania	0.0%	0	21	21
Angola	0.0%	0	18	18
Russia	23.5%	4	13	17
China	6.2%	1	15	16
Democratic Republic Of Congo	0.0%	0	14	14
Ghana	20.0%	2	8	10
Guinea	20.0%	2	8	10
Somalia	12.5%	1	7	8
Sierra Leone	42.9%	3	4	7
Nepal	0.0%	0	5	5
Bolivia	0.0%	0	5	5
Syria	0.0%	0	5	5
Chile	0.0%	0	4	4
Chad	0.0%	0	4	4
Georgia	0.0%	0	3	3
Nigeria	0.0%	0	3	3
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	3	3
Guyana	33.3%	1	2	3
Pakistan	0.0%	0	3	3
Uzbekistan	0.0%	0	3	3
Senegal	0.0%	0	2	2
Libya	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	0.6%	3	492	495
2025	2.7%	21	749	770
2024	6.8%	36	492	528
2023	6.1%	15	232	247
2022	6.3%	16	237	253
2021	6.8%	12	165	177
2020	1.7%	5	287	292