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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Hearing Office
SAN ANTONIO
Region 06Rank #85 of 160
Avg processing
259days
-7 vs national
Processing time
259
8.6 months
Hearing wait
8.0
months (current)
Cases pending
6,897
FY receipts
7,996
FY dispositions
5,856
Active judges
21
Video hearings
54%
of hearings held
Avg approval rate
54.1%
-3.6 vs avg
Backlog ratio
1.37
Growing
Rank
#85
of 160
Processing time in context
Fastest · 72 daysAvg · 266 daysSlowest · 680 days
The draw · approval spread across 20 judges
17%
89%
0%Median 52.4%100%
At SAN ANTONIO, approval rates range from 17.4% (Momcilovic, Gordan) to 89.3% (Gazda, Peter) — a 72-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 (52.4%), not the best case.
Judges at SAN ANTONIO (21)
| Judge | Approval | Decisions | Favorable | Denied | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazda, Peter | 89.3% | 300 | 268 | 32 | |
| Thompson, Michelle | 86.6% | 298 | 258 | 40 | |
| Murdock, Alexis | 80.1% | 246 | 197 | 49 | |
| Suing, Timothy | 77.3% | 22 | 17 | 5 | |
| Wilkerson, Dwight | 64.5% | 234 | 151 | 83 | |
| Elias, Yasmin | 58.0% | 50 | 29 | 21 | |
| McKay, Bernard J. | 56.9% | 353 | 201 | 152 | |
| Kirkpatrick, Melinda | 55.0% | 360 | 198 | 162 | |
| McPhail, Robert | 54.5% | 290 | 158 | 132 | |
| Wurm, David R. | 53.5% | 340 | 182 | 158 | |
| Brown, Katherine | 53.1% | 260 | 138 | 122 | |
| Mendola, Mark | 51.7% | 174 | 90 | 84 | |
| Allen, Matthew | 50.5% | 372 | 188 | 184 | |
| Wilkov, Penny | 47.8% | 293 | 140 | 153 | |
| Barnett, Ben | 47.5% | 305 | 145 | 160 | |
| Holmes, Janice L. | 47.0% | 302 | 142 | 160 | |
| Perez, Lissette C. | 45.0% | 211 | 95 | 116 | |
| Brower, Charles | 43.2% | 308 | 133 | 175 | |
| Jones, Marc | 37.2% | 43 | 16 | 27 | |
| Swayze, Mark | 34.3% | 271 | 93 | 178 | |
| Momcilovic, Gordan | 17.4% | 311 | 54 | 257 |