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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

SAN ANTONIO

Region 06Rank #86 of 160

Avg processing

259days

-5 vs national

Processing time

259

8.6 months

Hearing wait

8.0

months (current)

Cases pending

6,868

FY receipts

7,302

FY dispositions

5,191

Active judges

21

Video hearings

54%

of hearings held

Avg approval rate

54.2%

-3.6 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.41

Growing

Rank

#86

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 73 daysAvg · 264 daysSlowest · 673 days

The draw · approval spread across 19 judges

17%
90%
0%Median 52.8%100%

At SAN ANTONIO, approval rates range from 17.0% (Momcilovic, Gordan) to 89.6% (Gazda, Peter) — a 73-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 (52.8%), not the best case.

Judges at SAN ANTONIO (21)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Gazda, Peter89.6%27024228
Thompson, Michelle87.3%24521431
Murdock, Alexis80.1%20116140
Suing, Timothy77.3%22175
Wilkerson, Dwight64.3%20713374
Elias, Yasmin58.0%502921
McKay, Bernard J.56.9%304173131
Kirkpatrick, Melinda56.8%322183139
McPhail, Robert56.3%247139108
Brown, Katherine53.1%260138122
Wurm, David R.52.8%305161144
Mendola, Mark51.0%1517774
Allen, Matthew49.4%314155159
Barnett, Ben49.2%256126130
Wilkov, Penny47.3%262124138
Holmes, Janice L.47.0%302142160
Perez, Lissette C.44.2%18180101
Brower, Charles42.2%277117160
Jones, Marc41.7%241014
Swayze, Mark35.3%23884154
Momcilovic, Gordan17.0%26545220