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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Cabotaje, Michael
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE · primary of 4 offices Stable
+23.9 pts vs national average
81.7%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge81.7%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE60.9%
National avg57.8%
Figures below are for SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE, this judge’s busiest office. They also have records at 3 other offices (HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN RAFAEL).
Total decisions
60
Fully favorable
25
41.7%
Partially favorable
24
40.0%
Denials
11
18.3%
Total dispositions
76
Dismissals
16
21.1%
Awards
49
3-year trend
Stable
FY2025 decision breakdown
Partial
Fully fav. 41.7%Partially fav. 40.0%Denied 18.3%
Other ALJs at SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE (23)
- Weathers, Ena189 dec83.1%
- Smiley, Jennifer213 dec80.3%
- Rauenzahn, MaryKay104 dec79.8%
- Hockensmith, Mark173 dec74.0%
- Ohanesian, Nicholas58 dec70.7%
- Alden, Randolph W192 dec67.2%
- Kramzyk, Henry91 dec67.0%
- Labrum, Robert J181 dec65.2%
- Waller, Robert50 dec64.0%
- Day, Kelley178 dec63.5%
- Walter, Nicholas193 dec61.7%
- Carr, Michael36 dec61.1%
- Valkavich, Helen236 dec59.3%
- Lucas, Brian314 dec59.2%
- Fuller, Roxanne66 dec59.1%
- DiMaggio Wallis, Sandra R212 dec57.5%
- Nagle, Kim Soo198 dec57.1%
- Eiler, Kathleen H164 dec54.3%
- Benton, Amy33 dec51.5%
- Dillon, Christopher81 dec44.4%
- Ferguson, Jeffrey A53 dec41.5%
- Beatty, Gregory M.68 dec35.3%
- Wexler, April M37 dec24.3%
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