Mary C. Baumgarten
Immigration Judge, Oakdale Immigration Court. Appointed March 2019 by Matthew Whitaker.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 103
- Asylum granted
- 29
- Other relief granted
- 18
- Denied
- 56
- Against own court
- -27.5 pts
| FY22 | FY23 |
|---|---|
| 60% | 46% |
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.
In the record
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Other judges at Oakdale
Court page →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.