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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

TALLAHASSEE FL OHO

Region 04Rank #21 of 160

Avg processing

236days

-30 vs national

Processing time

236

7.9 months

Hearing wait

7.0

months (current)

Cases pending

1,962

FY receipts

2,121

FY dispositions

1,372

Active judges

5

Video hearings

Avg approval rate

69.2%

+11.4 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.55

Growing

Rank

#21

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 72 daysAvg · 266 daysSlowest · 680 days

The draw · approval spread across 5 judges

51%
88%
0%Median 65.4%100%

At TALLAHASSEE FL OHO, approval rates range from 50.7% (Raleigh, Lisa) to 88.0% (Paddack, Stacy) — a 37-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 (65.4%), not the best case.

Judges at TALLAHASSEE FL OHO (5)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Paddack, Stacy88.0%33429440
Dixon III, Andrew80.2%1018120
Heller, Joshua65.4%27217894
Herman, David53.3%319170149
Raleigh, Lisa50.7%713635