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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

LEXINGTON

Region 04Rank #13 of 160

Avg processing

232days

-34 vs national

Processing time

232

7.7 months

Hearing wait

7.0

months (current)

Cases pending

3,159

FY receipts

4,065

FY dispositions

3,649

Active judges

10

Video hearings

0%

of hearings held

Avg approval rate

49.4%

-8.3 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.11

Growing

Rank

#13

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 72 daysAvg · 266 daysSlowest · 680 days

The draw · approval spread across 10 judges

37%
57%
0%Median 50.5%100%

At LEXINGTON, approval rates range from 36.6% (Holsclaw, Greg) to 57.5% (Crocker, Boyce) — a 21-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 (50.5%), not the best case.

Judges at LEXINGTON (10)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Crocker, Boyce57.5%362208154
Sheppard, Christopher54.2%336182154
Stanley, Jonathan53.3%349186163
Eastham, Jeffrey L53.1%354188166
Isaacs, Davida51.4%331170161
Saragas, Antony49.7%364181183
Jackson, Karen R.47.4%323153170
Lovitt, Jerry45.6%309141168
Bowling, Robert B37.8%1194574
Holsclaw, Greg36.6%361132229