Immigration judge

Montante Jr., Philip J.

Buffalo Immigration Court

How current these figures are

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

611

Lifetime decisions on record

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

Not reported

Fewer than 25 decisions on record. A percentage drawn from so few decisions would be misleading, so it is withheld rather than shown.

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%Nov 2010Aug 2012Aug 2013Sep 2014Mar 2016Month each 12-month window ends16.0%32.7% — 12 months ending Nov 2010 (49 decisions)26.7% — 12 months ending Dec 2010 (45 decisions)25.5% — 12 months ending Jan 2011 (47 decisions)24.4% — 12 months ending Feb 2011 (45 decisions)27.3% — 12 months ending Mar 2011 (44 decisions)25.0% — 12 months ending May 2011 (36 decisions)16.2% — 12 months ending Jun 2011 (37 decisions)20.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2011 (35 decisions)20.7% — 12 months ending Aug 2011 (29 decisions)25.0% — 12 months ending Oct 2011 (28 decisions)25.0% — 12 months ending Aug 2012 (28 decisions)25.0% — 12 months ending Sep 2012 (32 decisions)26.5% — 12 months ending Oct 2012 (34 decisions)25.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2012 (36 decisions)29.3% — 12 months ending Jan 2013 (41 decisions)30.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2013 (40 decisions)30.8% — 12 months ending Mar 2013 (39 decisions)33.3% — 12 months ending Apr 2013 (42 decisions)37.8% — 12 months ending May 2013 (45 decisions)38.6% — 12 months ending Jun 2013 (44 decisions)36.2% — 12 months ending Jul 2013 (47 decisions)30.8% — 12 months ending Aug 2013 (39 decisions)30.6% — 12 months ending Sep 2013 (36 decisions)31.3% — 12 months ending Nov 2013 (32 decisions)29.4% — 12 months ending Dec 2013 (34 decisions)36.7% — 12 months ending Apr 2014 (30 decisions)28.6% — 12 months ending May 2014 (28 decisions)48.1% — 12 months ending Sep 2014 (27 decisions)52.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2014 (25 decisions)53.8% — 12 months ending Jan 2015 (26 decisions)51.9% — 12 months ending Feb 2015 (27 decisions)37.0% — 12 months ending Jun 2015 (27 decisions)35.7% — 12 months ending Jul 2015 (28 decisions)36.0% — 12 months ending Aug 2015 (25 decisions)20.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2015 (25 decisions)16.0% — 12 months ending Mar 2016 (25 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.

58 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 20221Not reported
March 20203Not reported
February 20201Not reported
December 20191Not reported
November 20192Not reported
July 20192Not reported
November 20161Not reported
October 20163Not reported
August 20161Not reported
June 20162Not reported
May 20162Not reported
April 20161Not reported
March 20161Not reported
February 20161Not reported
January 20161Not reported
December 20151Not reported
November 20151Not reported
October 20152Not reported
September 20151Not reported
August 20151Not reported
July 20154Not reported
June 20155Not reported
May 20154Not reported
April 20153Not 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 November 1997 through November 2022; nothing filed or decided after November 2022 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.

Open the source data — Deportation Data Project

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