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Mary C. Baumgarten

Immigration Judge, Oakdale Immigration Court. Appointed March 2019 by Matthew Whitaker.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Baumgarten54.4%
Oakdale court81.9%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
103
Asylum granted
29
Other relief granted
18
Denied
56
Against own court
-27.5 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23
60%46%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 46% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Turkiye (22.3%), Nicaragua (10.7%), Colombia (9.7%), Venezuela (8.7%), Cameroon (4.9%).

Official biography

Then-Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker appointed Mary C. Baumgarten to begin hearing cases in March 2019. Judge Baumgarten ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 1985 from the University of Notre Dame and a Juris Doctor in 1989 from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School. From 1989 to 1995, Judge Baumgarten served as an associate at Nixon Hargrave Devaus & Doyle. From 1995 to 2002, she served as an assistant attorney general for the New York State Office of the Attorney General. From 2002 to 2004, she served as a law clerk under the Honorable William M. Skretny, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York. From 2004 to 2007, she served as a confidential law clerk for the Honorable Erin M.Peradotto, Appellate Division, 4th Department. From 2007 through 2018, she served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Western District of New York. Judge Baumgarten is a member ofthe New York Bar.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

Other judges at Oakdale

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About these figures. Denial rates describe outcomes in the cases a judge happened to hear, which differ by detention, nationality and representation. They are not a measure of fairness or competence. Method and sources are on the judges index.