Buffalo (BUF)

BUF

Aggregated asylum decision statistics across all immigration judges recorded at the Buffalo (BUF), based on public EOIR case data.

Lifetime grant rate

24.3%

All recorded asylum decisions

12-month grant rate

7.7%

Most recent 12 months of data

Lifetime decisions

6,003

Total grants and denials on record

Judges

Judges appearing in this court's data

Data through

2026-07

Latest month in the source data

Lifetime figures cover every recorded asylum decision. The 12-month figures cover only the most recent year of data — the same methodology over a shorter window, which is why the two views can show different percentages.

Court lifetime grant rate

24.3%

0%25%50%75%100%

All recorded asylum decisions

Monthly grant rate — trailing 12 months

Judges

Aikman, Susan, F

6.1%

99 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Baumgarten, Mary C.

7.3%

859 cases · 12-month grant rate: 1.9%

Connelly, Steven J.

26.6%

601 cases · 12-month grant rate: 29.3%

Counihan, Brian

3.6%

111 cases · 12-month grant rate: 5.4%

Driscoll, Robert

17.9%

184 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Ellison, Sarah M.

66.7%

9 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Freeman, D'Anna H.

0.0%

4 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Ghartey, Victoria L.

0.0%

3 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Golovnin, Lena

12.5%

8 cases · 12-month grant rate: 12.5%

Guidry, Monica Thompson

0.0%

1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Harbeck, Dorothy A.

35.7%

14 cases · 12-month grant rate: 25.0%

Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.

0.0%

2 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Hochul, Denise

50.6%

693 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Hom, Sandy

0.0%

2 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Hoover, Forrest W., III

0.0%

2 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Jaroch, Brandon

0.0%

1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Johnson-Papillo, Carrie C.

0.0%

5 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Leonard, Joseph T.

0.0%

3 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Lohr, Brandi

22.6%

368 cases · 12-month grant rate: 10.6%

Lurye, Maria

100.0%

1 cases · 12-month grant rate: 100.0%

Martz, Nicholas A.

100.0%

1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Mccarthy, James M.

0.0%

4 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Mccormack, Nancy R.

0.0%

2 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Merriman, Joy A.

19.0%

21 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Montante Jr., Philip J.

20.5%

682 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Owens, Jonathan W.

0.0%

1 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Owens, Robert P.

80.0%

5 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Poczter, Aviva L.

16.7%

6 cases · 12-month grant rate: 20.0%

Reid, John B.

13.5%

606 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Renner, Renee L.

0.0%

1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Rey Caldas, Carmen

25.0%

4 cases · 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Rocco, Michael

22.7%

229 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Ruehle, Walter H.

36.7%

1,186 cases · 12-month grant rate: 22.4%

Sanders, Charles J.

0.0%

1 cases · 12-month grant rate: —

Schultz, Eric

9.5%

253 cases · 12-month grant rate: 7.6%

Staszak, Christopher

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