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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

COLUMBIA SC

Region 04Rank #57 of 160

Avg processing

249days

-17 vs national

Processing time

249

8.3 months

Hearing wait

8.0

months (current)

Cases pending

2,426

FY receipts

2,114

FY dispositions

1,934

Active judges

27

Video hearings

0%

of hearings held

Avg approval rate

62.5%

+4.8 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.09

Growing

Rank

#57

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 72 daysAvg · 266 daysSlowest · 680 days

The draw · approval spread across 26 judges

38%
82%
0%Median 67.0%100%

At COLUMBIA SC, approval rates range from 37.6% (Weaver, Cynthia) to 81.9% (Naylor, Amy) — a 44-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 (67.0%), not the best case.

Judges at COLUMBIA SC (27)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Naylor, Amy81.9%28223151
Dixon III, Andrew80.2%1018120
Grounds, Sonya78.4%1259827
Jones, Stephanie M75.2%1098227
Rideout, Robert70.6%14310142
Herin, Walter Cary70.6%24517372
Lappin, Randi E70.5%443113
Messina, Christopher70.0%402812
Selland, R. Dirk69.7%15210646
Shoenholz, Jonathan T.69.5%387269118
Bumgarner, Ashley69.4%18612957
Dail, Grant67.5%19112962
Hall, Brandie67.3%17111556
Gray, Stacy66.7%15010050
Daniels, Christopher R65.3%19913069
Silva, Mario61.5%1385
Healy, Philip60.1%1539261
Capece, Anthony58.7%18911178
Renfroe, Mary M.56.6%1759976
Spangler, Todd54.1%1598673
Monahan, Camille50.9%1165957
Droker, Robert48.2%1396772
Vineyard, Joshua L.48.0%300144156
Finnie, Michael46.3%1778295
Elkin, Paul45.2%1044757
Pustizzi, Jennifer41.5%18878110
Weaver, Cynthia37.6%1013863