SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE

Region 12Rank #160 of 160

Avg processing

680days

+414 vs national

Processing time

680

22.7 months

Hearing wait

21.5

months (current)

Cases pending

7,811

FY receipts

4,370

FY dispositions

3,835

Active judges

Video hearings

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Avg approval rate

63.5%

+5.8 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.14

Growing

Rank

#160

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 72 daysAvg · 266 daysSlowest · 680 days

The draw · approval spread across 24 judges

24%

83%

0%Median 61.4%100%

At SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE, approval rates range from 24.3% (Wexler, April M) to 83.1% (Weathers, Ena) — a 59-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 (61.4%), not the best case.

Judges at SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE (24)

Judge	Approval	Decisions	Favorable	Denied
Weathers, Ena	83.1%	189	157	32
Cabotaje, Michael	81.7%	60	49	11
Smiley, Jennifer	80.3%	213	171	42
Rauenzahn, MaryKay	79.8%	104	83	21
Hockensmith, Mark	74.0%	173	128	45
Ohanesian, Nicholas	70.7%	58	41	17
Alden, Randolph W	67.2%	192	129	63
Kramzyk, Henry	67.0%	91	61	30
Labrum, Robert J	65.2%	181	118	63
Waller, Robert	64.0%	50	32	18
Day, Kelley	63.5%	178	113	65
Walter, Nicholas	61.7%	193	119	74
Carr, Michael	61.1%	36	22	14
Valkavich, Helen	59.3%	236	140	96
Lucas, Brian	59.2%	314	186	128
Fuller, Roxanne	59.1%	66	39	27
DiMaggio Wallis, Sandra R	57.5%	212	122	90
Nagle, Kim Soo	57.1%	198	113	85
Eiler, Kathleen H	54.3%	164	89	75
Benton, Amy	51.5%	33	17	16
Dillon, Christopher	44.4%	81	36	45
Ferguson, Jeffrey A	41.5%	53	22	31
Beatty, Gregory M.	35.3%	68	24	44
Wexler, April M	24.3%	37	9	28

SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE

Processing time in context

The draw · approval spread across 24 judges

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