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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
DiMaggio Wallis, Sandra R
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE Trending down
-0.2 pts vs national average
57.5%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge57.5%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE60.9%
National avg57.8%
Total decisions
212
Fully favorable
95
44.8%
Partially favorable
27
12.7%
Denials
90
42.5%
Total dispositions
330
Dismissals
118
35.8%
Awards
122
3-year trend
Falling
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 44.8%Partially fav. 12.7%Denied 42.5%
Approval rate history
FY2011
100.0%1 dec
FY2011
75.0%12 dec
FY2011
60.1%353 dec
FY2012
48.7%417 dec
FY2012
50.0%2 dec
FY2013
50.8%459 dec
FY2013
58.2%67 dec
FY2014
43.5%407 dec
FY2015
42.2%455 dec
FY2017
57.3%410 dec
FY2018
50.0%2 dec
FY2018
77.2%57 dec
FY2018
56.6%442 dec
FY2018
100.0%7 dec
FY2018
100.0%1 dec
FY2019
66.7%3 dec
FY2019
66.7%3 dec
FY2019
100.0%1 dec
FY2019
0.0%0 dec
FY2019
50.0%2 dec
FY2019
63.6%11 dec
FY2019
100.0%2 dec
FY2019
40.9%44 dec
FY2019
31.6%57 dec
FY2019
50.0%2 dec
FY2019
0.0%0 dec
FY2019
50.0%2 dec
FY2019
83.9%31 dec
FY2019
42.9%7 dec
FY2019
65.5%258 dec
FY2020
73.3%15 dec
FY2020
50.0%2 dec
FY2020
100.0%3 dec
FY2020
66.7%6 dec
FY2020
0.0%0 dec
FY2020
50.0%2 dec
FY2020
0.0%1 dec
FY2020
60.0%5 dec
FY2020
0.0%3 dec
FY2020
50.0%8 dec
FY2020
65.2%210 dec
FY2020
50.0%4 dec
FY2020
50.0%2 dec
FY2020
75.0%4 dec
FY2020
100.0%1 dec
FY2020
75.5%106 dec
FY2020
43.4%53 dec
FY2021
100.0%1 dec
FY2021
100.0%1 dec
FY2021
50.0%6 dec
FY2021
40.0%5 dec
FY2021
65.5%148 dec
FY2021
0.0%0 dec
FY2021
76.2%164 dec
FY2022
100.0%1 dec
FY2022
80.7%249 dec
FY2023
66.0%188 dec
FY2024
66.8%199 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE (23)
- Weathers, Ena189 dec83.1%
- Cabotaje, Michael60 dec81.7%
- 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%
- 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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