Judge James S Elkins is an Administrative Law Judge in the Hattiesburg Hearing Office in Mississippi

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 2025 data  ·  346 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.

75%
Case Approval Rate
40%
Office Average
46%
Mississippi 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
202575%12%13%346
202067%22%11%332
201962%23%15%427
201855%26%19%172
201755%15%30%273

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
2025 Hattiesburg (Current)
2020 Hattiesburg
2019 Hattiesburg
2018 Hattiesburg
2017 Hattiesburg
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.

244 Days
Average Case
Processing Time
17%
Dismissal
Rate
43%
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.