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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

WICHITA

Region 07Rank #123 of 160

Avg processing

281days

+17 vs national

Processing time

281

9.4 months

Hearing wait

8.5

months (current)

Cases pending

813

FY receipts

560

FY dispositions

741

Active judges

5

Video hearings

72%

of hearings held

Avg approval rate

55.2%

-2.7 vs avg

Backlog ratio

0.76

Shrinking

Rank

#123

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 73 daysAvg · 264 daysSlowest · 673 days

The draw · approval spread across 5 judges

28%
79%
0%Median 47.1%100%

At WICHITA, approval rates range from 27.6% (Toth, Susan) to 79.0% (Page, David) — a 51-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 (47.1%), not the best case.

Judges at WICHITA (5)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Page, David79.0%23818850
Cerulli, Nicholas63.4%1237845
Leary, Mary47.1%512427
Evans, Edward43.9%230101129
Toth, Susan27.6%1343797