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Administrative Law Judge

Ma, Catherine

CLEVELAND Trending up

-48.7 pts vs national average

9.1%lifetime approval

vs baselines

This judge9.1%

CLEVELAND51.5%

National avg57.8%

Total decisions

264

Fully favorable

5.7%

Partially favorable

3.4%

Denials

240

90.9%

Total dispositions

332

Dismissals

20.5%

Awards

3-year trend

Rising

FY2025 decision breakdown

Denied

Fully fav. 5.7%Partially fav. 3.4%Denied 90.9%

Approval rate history

FY2016

29.4%17 dec

FY2016

25.8%221 dec

FY2017

25.8%268 dec

FY2018

19.1%304 dec

FY2019

19.4%408 dec

FY2020

13.8%269 dec

FY2021

18.4%207 dec

FY2022

11.2%179 dec

FY2023

14.1%170 dec

FY2024

17.8%241 dec

Above national Below national National avg

Other ALJs at CLEVELAND (10)

Aliberti, Louis
288 dec79.2%
Hixson, Traci M
313 dec70.3%
Rose, Joseph
190 dec65.8%
Budney, Amy
275 dec61.1%
Adamo, Genevieve
307 dec60.3%
Leland, William
316 dec56.6%
Kearney, Keith
349 dec54.7%
Westley, Eric
314 dec54.1%
Loucas, Penny
308 dec32.1%
Hajjar, Joseph
314 dec23.2%

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Ma, Catherine

FY2025 decision breakdown

Approval rate history

Other ALJs at CLEVELAND (10)

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