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Immigration judge

Ruehle, Walter H.

Buffalo Immigration Court

How current these figures are

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

Buffalo Immigration Court

1,361

Lifetime decisions on record

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

23.7%

38 decisions · 12 months ending August 2026

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%Oct 2022May 2023Dec 2023Jul 2024Feb 2025Sep 2025Month each 12-month window ends31.1%41.3% — 12 months ending Oct 2022 (172 decisions)43.8% — 12 months ending Nov 2022 (169 decisions)43.2% — 12 months ending Dec 2022 (169 decisions)46.5% — 12 months ending Jan 2023 (170 decisions)44.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2023 (175 decisions)44.1% — 12 months ending Mar 2023 (170 decisions)45.1% — 12 months ending Apr 2023 (184 decisions)45.2% — 12 months ending May 2023 (186 decisions)43.5% — 12 months ending Jun 2023 (186 decisions)43.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2023 (200 decisions)41.6% — 12 months ending Aug 2023 (197 decisions)40.6% — 12 months ending Sep 2023 (192 decisions)42.6% — 12 months ending Oct 2023 (197 decisions)40.7% — 12 months ending Nov 2023 (209 decisions)38.8% — 12 months ending Dec 2023 (196 decisions)38.5% — 12 months ending Jan 2024 (192 decisions)37.2% — 12 months ending Feb 2024 (191 decisions)34.7% — 12 months ending Mar 2024 (193 decisions)36.4% — 12 months ending Apr 2024 (195 decisions)37.1% — 12 months ending May 2024 (202 decisions)39.9% — 12 months ending Jun 2024 (208 decisions)37.0% — 12 months ending Jul 2024 (208 decisions)40.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2024 (216 decisions)42.7% — 12 months ending Sep 2024 (211 decisions)40.5% — 12 months ending Oct 2024 (205 decisions)39.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2024 (200 decisions)42.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2024 (212 decisions)42.9% — 12 months ending Jan 2025 (219 decisions)43.5% — 12 months ending Feb 2025 (216 decisions)45.6% — 12 months ending Mar 2025 (228 decisions)41.0% — 12 months ending Apr 2025 (229 decisions)39.6% — 12 months ending May 2025 (245 decisions)37.0% — 12 months ending Jun 2025 (265 decisions)38.2% — 12 months ending Jul 2025 (280 decisions)33.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2025 (285 decisions)31.1% — 12 months ending Sep 2025 (305 decisions)

9 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
August 20261Not reported
September 20253721.6%
August 20253020.0%
July 20253231.3%
June 20253829.0%
May 20253528.6%
April 202522Not reported
March 20253253.1%
February 202514Not reported
January 202519Not reported
December 202419Not reported
November 202417Not reported
October 202410Not reported
September 202417Not reported
August 20242572.0%
July 202417Not reported
June 202418Not reported
May 202419Not reported
April 202421Not reported
March 202420Not reported
February 202417Not reported
January 202412Not reported
December 20237Not reported
November 202322Not reported

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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 January 2017 through August 2026; nothing filed or decided after August 2026 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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