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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Hearing Office
SAN ANTONIO
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
53.6%
-4.1 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%
88%
0%Median 51.6%100%
At SAN ANTONIO, approval rates range from 17.2% (Momcilovic, Gordan) to 87.6% (Gazda, Peter) — a 70-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 (51.6%), not the best case.
Judges at SAN ANTONIO (21)
| Judge | Approval | Decisions | Favorable | Denied | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazda, Peter | 87.6% | 355 | 311 | 44 | |
| Thompson, Michelle | 86.6% | 328 | 284 | 44 | |
| Murdock, Alexis | 78.8% | 283 | 223 | 60 | |
| Suing, Timothy | 77.3% | 22 | 17 | 5 | |
| Wilkerson, Dwight | 64.3% | 258 | 166 | 92 | |
| Elias, Yasmin | 58.8% | 51 | 30 | 21 | |
| McKay, Bernard J. | 57.1% | 401 | 229 | 172 | |
| McPhail, Robert | 53.2% | 327 | 174 | 153 | |
| Brown, Katherine | 53.1% | 260 | 138 | 122 | |
| Kirkpatrick, Melinda | 52.7% | 402 | 212 | 190 | |
| Wurm, David R. | 52.2% | 391 | 204 | 187 | |
| Mendola, Mark | 51.0% | 200 | 102 | 98 | |
| Allen, Matthew | 49.4% | 421 | 208 | 213 | |
| Wilkov, Penny | 48.7% | 353 | 172 | 181 | |
| Perez, Lissette C. | 48.4% | 244 | 118 | 126 | |
| Barnett, Ben | 48.1% | 343 | 165 | 178 | |
| Holmes, Janice L. | 47.0% | 302 | 142 | 160 | |
| Brower, Charles | 43.2% | 368 | 159 | 209 | |
| Swayze, Mark | 33.8% | 308 | 104 | 204 | |
| Jones, Marc | 31.3% | 67 | 21 | 46 | |
| Momcilovic, Gordan | 17.2% | 366 | 63 | 303 |