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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

ORANGE

Region 09Rank #121 of 160

Avg processing

280days

+14 vs national

Processing time

280

9.3 months

Hearing wait

8.0

months (current)

Cases pending

2,071

FY receipts

2,225

FY dispositions

1,468

Active judges

5

Video hearings

0%

of hearings held

Avg approval rate

59.0%

+1.2 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.52

Growing

Rank

#121

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 72 daysAvg · 266 daysSlowest · 680 days

The draw · approval spread across 5 judges

45%
79%
0%Median 56.8%100%

At ORANGE, approval rates range from 44.6% (Radensky, Michael) to 78.6% (Lenzini, Robert) — a 34-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 (56.8%), not the best case.

Judges at ORANGE (5)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Lenzini, Robert78.6%26620957
Carberry, James62.9%19712473
Lisiecki, Joseph P56.8%22913099
Zimmerman, Stacy56.2%276155121
Radensky, Michael44.6%327146181