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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Hearing Office
MOBILE
Avg processing
256days
-10 vs national
Processing time
256
8.5 months
Hearing wait
8.0
months (current)
Cases pending
3,260
FY receipts
3,409
FY dispositions
2,954
Active judges
11
Video hearings
0%
of hearings held
Avg approval rate
74.5%
+16.7 vs avg
Backlog ratio
1.15
Growing
Rank
#75
of 160
Processing time in context
Fastest · 72 daysAvg · 266 daysSlowest · 680 days
The draw · approval spread across 11 judges
61%
92%
0%Median 74.1%100%
At MOBILE, approval rates range from 60.7% (Waller, Robert) to 92.1% (Stalley, D Burgess) — a 31-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 (74.1%), not the best case.
Judges at MOBILE (11)
| Judge | Approval | Decisions | Favorable | Denied | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stalley, D Burgess | 92.1% | 126 | 116 | 10 | |
| Sheely, Ben E | 87.9% | 331 | 291 | 40 | |
| Nelson, Roger A | 84.6% | 273 | 231 | 42 | |
| Muth, Thomas M | 77.4% | 266 | 206 | 60 | |
| Guice, Tracy S | 77.0% | 274 | 211 | 63 | |
| Robinson, Laura L | 74.1% | 363 | 269 | 94 | |
| Messina, Christopher | 70.5% | 44 | 31 | 13 | |
| McCaghren, Marni R | 67.9% | 321 | 218 | 103 | |
| Campbell, Daniel S | 64.5% | 392 | 253 | 139 | |
| Boucher, Kevin | 64.3% | 373 | 240 | 133 | |
| Waller, Robert | 60.7% | 61 | 37 | 24 |