Sarah Zimmerman, Portland me , Maine Odar Office, Administrative Law Judge
For the 2016 *fiscal year, Judge Sarah Zimmerman has disposed 33 cases at the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) in MT PLEASANT MI, MICHIGAN. Out of those 33 dispostions, 9 were dismissed, 13 were approved and 11 were denied. This means that the percentage of depositions that Judge Sarah Zimmerman has approved in MT PLEASANT MI for the 2016 fiscal year is 23%. The information below for Judge Sarah Zimmerman was last updated on 09/25/2020.
AVERAGE STATISTICS
| Office | *Fiscal Year | Total Depositions |
Total Decisions |
Total Denials |
Total Awards |
Cases Dismissed |
Cases Approved |
Cases Denied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT PLEASANT MI | 2016 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 27% | 39% | 33% |
| MT PLEASANT MI | 2017 | 315 | 248 | 161 | 87 | 21% | 28% | 51% |
| MT PLEASANT MI | 2018 | 153 | 120 | 68 | 52 | 22% | 34% | 44% |
| MT PLEASANT MI | 2019 | 180 | 148 | 87 | 61 | 18% | 34% | 48% |
| PORTLAND ME | 2019 | 84 | 77 | 47 | 30 | 8% | 36% | 56% |
| PORTLAND ME | 2020 | 96 | 74 | 54 | 20 | 23% | 21% | 56% |
AVERAGE TIME
| Dismissed | Approved | Denied | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Zimmerman | 23% | 21% | 56% |
| All ALJs in MT PLEASANT MI | 15% | 48% | 37% |
| All ALJs in MICHIGAN | 15% | 49% | 36% |
| All ALJs in the Nation | 18% | 45% | 38% |
4 Comments
If u were one of the unlucky ones to get this judge ,u might as well prepare to appeal.Her record stands for itself…the hardest in the nation! She denied me for copd 3 along with a list of other debilitating illnesses…at 55 . Within a month of her denial was diagnosed as inoperable lung cancer ..go figure.
The other statements are 100% accurate. Each time she asked a question of me and I tried to answer to the best of my ability she interrupted, cut me off, and say something to the affect of “we won’t have time to finish if you don’t hurry up.” She did this once while explaining something and I had to start back and she accused me of lying, although the transcription clearly told the truth. She falsely said conditions were better, when not. She said that my doctors statement was inconsistent with the record because 3 years prior I’d reported differently, yet it’s a continually worsening condition. Every single thing about the decision is factually incorrect, except for her mentioning conditions which I acknowledge were not severe. She was hostile, inconsiderate of my emotional state after feeling badgered. My lawyer, and even the SSA’s hired labor export were shocked at my treatment. Bot counting the birth of my children I didn’t miss a single day in 8 years until my health issues started, and then I tried to continue working for 5 years before accepting my disabilities as permanent. It’s disgusting.
I am one of the unfortunate ones who got this judge. She had the audacity to say that I am ‘alleging’ my health issues when in fact I have been officially diagnosed for at least 9 years! Blatantly lying on official court papers is wrong!
This judge, and I use that term loosely, has no business hearing disability cases. She does everything in her power to deny benefits, including utilizing unfair and unbecoming collateral impeachment techniques, prejudging the case, according administrative non-examiners more credibility than treating specialists, playing with the exertion levels in an attempt to reclassify sedentary work as light, etc. She is totally lacking in compassion, insight, judgment and is one of the least objective judges ever to wear the robes. And don’t let the approval rate fool you, when you correct for partially favorable decisions, her fully favorable win rate drops to 18%, one of the lowest in the State of Michigan. Her hearing room should have a sign that states, “Abandon hope all ye who enter.”