MIAMI OHO

Region 04Florida hearing outlookRank #57 of 160

Avg processing

249days

-17 vs national

Processing time

249

8.3 months

Hearing wait

8.0

months (current)

Cases pending

2,674

FY receipts

3,096

FY dispositions

2,720

Active judges

Video hearings

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Avg approval rate

63.1%

+5.4 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.14

Growing

Rank

#57

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 72 daysAvg · 266 daysSlowest · 680 days

The draw · approval spread across 35 judges

40%

96%

0%Median 66.2%100%

At MIAMI OHO, approval rates range from 39.8% (Bowling, Robert B) to 96.0% (Cartledge, James Cole) — a 56-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 (66.2%), not the best case.

Judges at MIAMI OHO (35)

Judge	Approval	Decisions	Favorable	Denied
Cartledge, James Cole	96.0%	225	216	9
Pennock, Carol J.	86.4%	59	51	8
Thawley, John A	82.8%	233	193	40
Jones, Stephanie M	79.1%	129	102	27
Dixon III, Andrew	78.6%	117	92	25
Grounds, Sonya	77.1%	157	121	36
Viera-Vargas, Angel X	77.0%	191	147	44
Jones, Brian	72.6%	157	114	43
Hemming, Norman	71.9%	263	189	74
Wolfe, Rebecca	71.1%	336	239	97
Rideout, Robert	70.8%	154	109	45
Messina, Christopher	70.5%	44	31	13
Skarda, Trevor	69.4%	121	84	37
Herin, Walter Cary	69.3%	280	194	86
Selland, R. Dirk	69.1%	162	112	50
Hall, Brandie	68.4%	206	141	65
Gray, Stacy	66.9%	172	115	57
Dail, Grant	66.2%	231	153	78
Aranda, Clara H	64.1%	354	227	127
Vallecillo, Gonzalo	63.6%	143	91	52
Pope, Stephen	63.3%	248	157	91
DeGruy, Elizabeth	62.7%	166	104	62
Healy, Philip	57.5%	193	111	82
Alger, Ryan	56.9%	232	132	100
Hill, Vincent	55.4%	148	82	66
Monahan, Camille	50.8%	124	63	61
Firestone, Scott	50.0%	126	63	63
Reynolds, Lornette	49.9%	335	167	168
Celaya, Gracian A.	49.1%	289	142	147
Droker, Robert	48.7%	158	77	81
Leibowitz, Tracey B.	48.0%	410	197	213
Finnie, Michael	47.8%	203	97	106
Weaver, Cynthia	42.5%	120	51	69
Pustizzi, Jennifer	42.2%	199	84	115
Bowling, Robert B	39.8%	133	53	80

MIAMI OHO

Processing time in context

The draw · approval spread across 35 judges

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