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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

TOLEDO OH

Region 05Rank #63 of 160

Avg processing

251days

-13 vs national

Processing time

251

8.4 months

Hearing wait

7.0

months (current)

Cases pending

2,168

FY receipts

2,454

FY dispositions

2,192

Active judges

8

Video hearings

23%

of hearings held

Avg approval rate

54.0%

-3.8 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.12

Growing

Rank

#63

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 73 daysAvg · 264 daysSlowest · 673 days

The draw · approval spread across 8 judges

35%
84%
0%Median 51.2%100%

At TOLEDO OH, approval rates range from 35.4% (Mantel, Dianne) to 84.2% (Vitellio, Gabrielle R.) — a 49-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 (51.2%), not the best case.

Judges at TOLEDO OH (8)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Vitellio, Gabrielle R.84.2%28423945
Southern, Noceeba59.8%261156105
Kerber, Carrie57.6%297171126
Jacques, Meredith52.1%305159146
Carey, Patricia50.3%304153151
Ashford, Earl45.2%332150182
Winters, Kathleen38.7%1114368
Mantel, Dianne35.4%26092168