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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

EUGENE

Region 10Rank #59 of 160

Avg processing

249days

-15 vs national

Processing time

249

8.3 months

Hearing wait

8.0

months (current)

Cases pending

1,903

FY receipts

1,645

FY dispositions

1,368

Active judges

7

Video hearings

63%

of hearings held

Avg approval rate

61.1%

+3.3 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.20

Growing

Rank

#59

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 73 daysAvg · 264 daysSlowest · 673 days

The draw · approval spread across 7 judges

50%
78%
0%Median 62.3%100%

At EUGENE, approval rates range from 50.5% (Reeves, William) to 78.4% (Hobbs, B.) — a 28-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 (62.3%), not the best case.

Judges at EUGENE (7)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Hobbs, B.78.4%13410529
Rauenzahn, MaryKay76.2%846420
Johnson, Derek75.9%14511035
Sullivan, John D.62.3%273170103
Weatherly, Katherine56.3%277156121
Crowell, Jason51.6%248128120
Reeves, William50.5%216109107