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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Day, Kelley
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE Stable
+8.0 pts vs national average
0.0%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge65.8%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE60.6%
National avg57.8%
Total decisions
155
Fully favorable
66
42.6%
Partially favorable
36
23.2%
Denials
53
34.2%
Total dispositions
241
Dismissals
86
35.7%
Awards
102
3-year trend
Stable
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 42.6%Partially fav. 23.2%Denied 34.2%
Approval rate history
FY2011
90.0%10 dec
FY2012
36.4%313 dec
FY2012
39.2%245 dec
FY2013
39.1%545 dec
FY2014
42.8%537 dec
FY2015
50.0%138 dec
FY2015
45.2%376 dec
FY2016
40.7%59 dec
FY2016
49.7%316 dec
FY2017
47.0%149 dec
FY2017
51.7%118 dec
FY2018
48.4%409 dec
FY2019
47.9%499 dec
FY2020
49.4%336 dec
FY2021
55.2%261 dec
FY2022
57.1%112 dec
FY2023
100.0%1 dec
FY2023
32.4%34 dec
FY2023
0.0%2 dec
FY2023
51.8%195 dec
FY2024
0.0%2 dec
FY2024
56.3%261 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE (20)
- Weathers, Ena164 dec83.5%
- Smiley, Jennifer178 dec80.9%
- Hockensmith, Mark154 dec76.6%
- Rauenzahn, MaryKay84 dec76.2%
- Ohanesian, Nicholas50 dec68.0%
- Kramzyk, Henry82 dec67.1%
- Alden, Randolph W158 dec64.6%
- Labrum, Robert J152 dec63.8%
- Waller, Robert48 dec62.5%
- Fuller, Roxanne47 dec61.7%
- Walter, Nicholas151 dec61.6%
- Carr, Michael29 dec58.6%
- Nagle, Kim Soo176 dec58.5%
- Cabotaje, Michael59 dec57.6%
- DiMaggio Wallis, Sandra R193 dec57.5%
- Benton, Amy33 dec51.5%
- Eiler, Kathleen H138 dec50.7%
- Ferguson, Jeffrey A45 dec44.4%
- Beatty, Gregory M.56 dec37.5%
- Wexler, April M33 dec24.2%
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