Then-Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker appointed Mary C. Baumgarten to begin hearing cases in March 2019. Judge Baumgarten earned 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 of the New York Bar.

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This judge has no experience in immigration law and simply does not know the law with respect to the Immigration and Nationality Act. She should be removed immediately
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Hon. Mary C. Baumgarten, Immigration Judge, Buffalo Immigration Court

Hon. Mary C. Baumgarten, Immigration Judge, Buffalo Immigration Court

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