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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Kirkpatrick, Melinda
SAN ANTONIO Stable
-0.4 pts vs national average
0.0%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge56.8%
SAN ANTONIO55.1%
National avg57.2%
Total decisions
322
Fully favorable
144
44.7%
Partially favorable
39
12.1%
Denials
139
43.2%
Total dispositions
379
Dismissals
57
15.0%
Awards
183
3-year trend
Stable
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 44.7%Partially fav. 12.1%Denied 43.2%
Approval rate history
FY2016
0.0%0 dec
FY2016
53.9%533 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SAN ANTONIO (20)
- Gazda, Peter270 dec89.6%
- Thompson, Michelle245 dec87.3%
- Murdock, Alexis201 dec80.1%
- Suing, Timothy22 dec77.3%
- Wilkerson, Dwight207 dec64.3%
- Elias, Yasmin50 dec58.0%
- McKay, Bernard J.304 dec56.9%
- McPhail, Robert247 dec56.3%
- Brown, Katherine260 dec53.1%
- Wurm, David R.305 dec52.8%
- Mendola, Mark151 dec51.0%
- Allen, Matthew314 dec49.4%
- Barnett, Ben256 dec49.2%
- Wilkov, Penny262 dec47.3%
- Holmes, Janice L.302 dec47.0%
- Perez, Lissette C.181 dec44.2%
- Brower, Charles277 dec42.2%
- Jones, Marc24 dec41.7%
- Swayze, Mark238 dec35.3%
- Momcilovic, Gordan265 dec17.0%
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