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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

LONG BEACH

Region 09Rank #78 of 160

Avg processing

257days

-9 vs national

Processing time

257

8.6 months

Hearing wait

8.0

months (current)

Cases pending

1,843

FY receipts

2,161

FY dispositions

1,475

Active judges

5

Video hearings

34%

of hearings held

Avg approval rate

55.6%

-2.1 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.47

Growing

Rank

#78

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 72 daysAvg · 266 daysSlowest · 680 days

The draw · approval spread across 5 judges

29%
74%
0%Median 56.6%100%

At LONG BEACH, approval rates range from 28.9% (Coburn, D.) to 73.8% (Yerkey, Marc) — a 45-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 (56.6%), not the best case.

Judges at LONG BEACH (5)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Yerkey, Marc73.8%19114150
Floyd, Cynthia70.1%28119784
Gallegos, Kimberly56.6%274155119
Marcee, Joseph T48.5%19695101
Coburn, D.28.9%23969170