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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)
| Judge | Approval | Decisions | Favorable | Denied | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazda, Peter | 89.6% | 270 | 242 | 28 | |
| Thompson, Michelle | 87.3% | 245 | 214 | 31 | |
| Murdock, Alexis | 80.1% | 201 | 161 | 40 | |
| Suing, Timothy | 77.3% | 22 | 17 | 5 | |
| Wilkerson, Dwight | 64.3% | 207 | 133 | 74 | |
| Elias, Yasmin | 58.0% | 50 | 29 | 21 | |
| McKay, Bernard J. | 56.9% | 304 | 173 | 131 | |
| Kirkpatrick, Melinda | 56.8% | 322 | 183 | 139 | |
| McPhail, Robert | 56.3% | 247 | 139 | 108 | |
| Brown, Katherine | 53.1% | 260 | 138 | 122 | |
| Wurm, David R. | 52.8% | 305 | 161 | 144 | |
| Mendola, Mark | 51.0% | 151 | 77 | 74 | |
| Allen, Matthew | 49.4% | 314 | 155 | 159 | |
| Barnett, Ben | 49.2% | 256 | 126 | 130 | |
| Wilkov, Penny | 47.3% | 262 | 124 | 138 | |
| Holmes, Janice L. | 47.0% | 302 | 142 | 160 | |
| Perez, Lissette C. | 44.2% | 181 | 80 | 101 | |
| Brower, Charles | 42.2% | 277 | 117 | 160 | |
| Jones, Marc | 41.7% | 24 | 10 | 14 | |
| Swayze, Mark | 35.3% | 238 | 84 | 154 | |
| Momcilovic, Gordan | 17.0% | 265 | 45 | 220 |