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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

COLUMBIA SC

Region 04Rank #53 of 160

Avg processing

247days

-17 vs national

Processing time

247

8.2 months

Hearing wait

7.0

months (current)

Cases pending

2,332

FY receipts

1,903

FY dispositions

1,817

Active judges

27

Video hearings

0%

of hearings held

Avg approval rate

62.2%

+4.4 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.05

Growing

Rank

#53

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 73 daysAvg · 264 daysSlowest · 673 days

The draw · approval spread across 26 judges

35%
82%
0%Median 67.4%100%

At COLUMBIA SC, approval rates range from 34.8% (Weaver, Cynthia) to 82.1% (Naylor, Amy) — a 47-pointspread. Assignment is effectively the luck of the draw, so the judge a case lands with can matter more than the office’s average. Plan for the median (67.4%), not the best case.

Judges at COLUMBIA SC (27)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Naylor, Amy82.1%24019743
Dixon III, Andrew80.3%766115
Grounds, Sonya78.6%1128824
Jones, Stephanie M74.7%836221
Herin, Walter Cary70.9%21315162
Lappin, Randi E70.5%443113
Messina, Christopher69.4%362511
Shoenholz, Jonathan T.69.4%363252111
Bumgarner, Ashley69.4%18612957
Selland, R. Dirk68.8%1288840
Dail, Grant68.3%16711453
Hall, Brandie67.9%1409545
Rideout, Robert67.8%1157837
Gray, Stacy66.9%1308743
Daniels, Christopher R65.3%19913069
Silva, Mario61.5%1385
Capece, Anthony58.7%18911178
Healy, Philip58.6%1337855
Renfroe, Mary M.55.6%1518467
Spangler, Todd54.7%1287058
Monahan, Camille50.5%1015150
Vineyard, Joshua L.47.1%272128144
Finnie, Michael46.6%1486979
Droker, Robert46.6%1185563
Elkin, Paul45.2%1044757
Pustizzi, Jennifer43.2%1697396
Weaver, Cynthia34.8%923260