Immigration judge

Connelly, Steven J.

Buffalo Immigration Court

How current these figures are

Captured October 23, 2026 — 13 days ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

430

Lifetime decisions on record

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

20.7%

203 decisions · 12 months ending November 2025

1.4%

FY2026 court average

Grant-rate trend

Each point is the grant rate across the 12 months ending in that month — a rolling window, not a single month on its own. A point appears only where those 12 months hold at least 25 decisions. A rolling window covers a much shorter span than the lifetime figure above, so the two can differ materially; both are correct measures of different periods.

0%25%50%75%100%Feb 2022Dec 2022Sep 2023Jun 2024Nov 2025Month each 12-month window ends20.7%35.1% — 12 months ending Feb 2022 (37 decisions)32.4% — 12 months ending Mar 2022 (37 decisions)27.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2022 (36 decisions)34.8% — 12 months ending May 2022 (46 decisions)31.3% — 12 months ending Jun 2022 (48 decisions)28.2% — 12 months ending Oct 2022 (39 decisions)31.6% — 12 months ending Dec 2022 (38 decisions)34.2% — 12 months ending Jan 2023 (38 decisions)34.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2023 (35 decisions)29.0% — 12 months ending Sep 2023 (31 decisions)37.5% — 12 months ending Oct 2023 (32 decisions)29.2% — 12 months ending Nov 2023 (48 decisions)28.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2023 (50 decisions)31.6% — 12 months ending Jan 2024 (57 decisions)27.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2024 (63 decisions)28.9% — 12 months ending Mar 2024 (76 decisions)28.2% — 12 months ending Apr 2024 (85 decisions)29.3% — 12 months ending May 2024 (99 decisions)36.1% — 12 months ending Jun 2024 (108 decisions)34.8% — 12 months ending Jul 2024 (112 decisions)32.7% — 12 months ending Aug 2024 (110 decisions)33.6% — 12 months ending Sep 2024 (107 decisions)31.1% — 12 months ending Oct 2024 (106 decisions)34.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2024 (100 decisions)35.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2024 (103 decisions)31.1% — 12 months ending Jan 2025 (106 decisions)30.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2025 (119 decisions)24.6% — 12 months ending Mar 2025 (130 decisions)25.3% — 12 months ending Apr 2025 (146 decisions)23.2% — 12 months ending May 2025 (138 decisions)21.0% — 12 months ending Jun 2025 (143 decisions)20.2% — 12 months ending Jul 2025 (163 decisions)21.8% — 12 months ending Aug 2025 (174 decisions)20.2% — 12 months ending Sep 2025 (183 decisions)21.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2025 (207 decisions)20.7% — 12 months ending Nov 2025 (203 decisions)

The line is broken where this record has no decisions for several months. It is left open rather than joined, because joining it would imply decisions that were never recorded.

14 months are not plotted: the 12 months ending there held fewer than 25 decisions.

Monthly decisions

Showing the most recent 24 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
November 20256Not reported
October 20252927.6%
September 202517Not reported
August 202515Not reported
July 20252714.8%
June 202515Not reported
May 20257Not reported
April 20252528.0%
March 202524Not reported
February 202521Not reported
January 202511Not reported
December 20246Not reported
November 202410Not reported
October 20245Not reported
September 20248Not reported
August 20244Not reported
July 20247Not reported
June 202410Not reported
May 202415Not reported
April 20249Not reported
March 202413Not reported
February 20248Not reported
January 20248Not reported
December 20233Not reported

Source and method

These figures come from case data released by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) under the Freedom of Information Act, published by the Deportation Data Project. Imigrar did not produce or estimate them.

Captured on October 23, 2026, 13 days ago. The record covers decisions from July 2019 through November 2025; nothing filed or decided after November 2025 appears here.

Grant rates are historical aggregates. They describe decisions already made. They do not predict the outcome of any individual case, and no figure on this page should be read as a forecast of what will happen in yours.

This page is informational only and is not legal advice. Reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Only the official EOIR record is authoritative.

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