Judge Joseph Liken is an Administrative Law Judge in the Albuquerque Hearing Office in New Mexico

The statistics below are based on publicly available Social Security Administration hearing data and show how this judge’s outcomes compare to office, state, and national averages.

Judge Statistics

Based on FY 2015 data  ·  1 hearing decisions

Approval rates reflect aggregated hearing outcomes and can vary based on case type, evidence, and procedural factors. They do not predict the outcome of individual cases.

100%
Case Approval Rate
45%
Office Average
44%
New Mexico Average
49%
National Average

Approval rate by year

These values represent historical hearing outcomes for this judge based on Social Security Administration data and may vary by year depending on case mix and reporting changes.

Fiscal Year
Approval Rate
Denials
Dismissals
Decision Count
2025 70% 10% 20% 482
2020 69% 10% 21% 360
2019 64% 17% 19% 425
2018 63% 24% 14% 224
2017 65% 14% 21% 546
2016 61% 24% 15% 619
2015 63% 20% 18% 514
2015 100% 0% 0% 1
2015 100% 0% 0% 1
2014 80% 20% 0% 5
2014 49% 33% 18% 581
2014 33% 50% 17% 6
2013 52% 33% 16% 558
2013 100% 0% 0% 1
2012 49% 38% 13% 538
2012 20% 20% 60% 5
2011 58% 28% 14% 598
2010 0% 100% 0% 2
2010 69% 19% 13% 16
2010 61% 26% 13% 528

Disability Judges displays only verified years currently available in the underlying dataset. Gaps between years do not necessarily indicate inactivity by the judge and may reflect limitations in publicly available historical source data. Not every fiscal year may be represented.

Office assignment history

These values represent historical hearing outcomes for this judge based on Social Security Administration data and may vary by year depending on case mix and reporting changes.

Fiscal Year
Office
2015 Albuquerque (Current)
Additional judge statistics

These statistics provide additional context about hearing outcomes and case processing.
They describe aggregated activity and are not intended to be used in isolation.

323 Days
Average Case
Processing Time
20%
Dismissal
Rate
36%
Denied
Rate

All statistics on this page are derived from publicly available Social Security Administration hearing data and are intended to provide a general summary of historical outcomes.