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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

TOLEDO OH

Region 05Rank #57 of 160

Avg processing

249days

-17 vs national

Processing time

249

8.3 months

Hearing wait

7.0

months (current)

Cases pending

2,244

FY receipts

2,789

FY dispositions

2,451

Active judges

8

Video hearings

23%

of hearings held

Avg approval rate

53.8%

-4.0 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.14

Growing

Rank

#57

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 72 daysAvg · 266 daysSlowest · 680 days

The draw · approval spread across 8 judges

37%
85%
0%Median 50.2%100%

At TOLEDO OH, approval rates range from 36.8% (Mantel, Dianne) to 84.7% (Vitellio, Gabrielle R.) — a 48-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 (50.2%), not the best case.

Judges at TOLEDO OH (8)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Vitellio, Gabrielle R.84.7%31426648
Southern, Noceeba60.1%286172114
Kerber, Carrie56.5%329186143
Jacques, Meredith52.1%351183168
Carey, Patricia48.2%340164176
Ashford, Earl46.3%365169196
Winters, Kathleen37.1%1244678
Mantel, Dianne36.8%302111191