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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

STOCKTON

Region 09Rank #108 of 160

Avg processing

271days

+7 vs national

Processing time

271

9.0 months

Hearing wait

8.0

months (current)

Cases pending

1,249

FY receipts

1,217

FY dispositions

845

Active judges

4

Video hearings

0%

of hearings held

Avg approval rate

44.2%

-13.7 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.44

Growing

Rank

#108

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 73 daysAvg · 264 daysSlowest · 673 days

The draw · approval spread across 4 judges

26%
69%
0%Median 45.0%100%

At STOCKTON, approval rates range from 25.7% (Misenti, Vincent A) to 69.3% (Skarda, Trevor) — a 44-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 (45.0%), not the best case.

Judges at STOCKTON (4)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Skarda, Trevor69.3%886127
Chan, Eva51.6%275142133
Bechtold, Young38.5%1305080
Misenti, Vincent A25.7%19149142