It takes over 2 years to get a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge for your Social Security Disability case in Central Illinois.
This is terrible, but it is reality. You have no control over scheduling of the hearing. Only Social Security can schedule the trial. It is not like other judicial proceedings where you can request a trial date. Social Security tells you when they are ready for you.
Not even Congress people or United States Senators can request a hearing date for you. They can request the review of your case be speeded up. However, there are no guarantees.
The backlog is extreme because there are so many cases and too few judges and Social Security employees.
Questions about the status of your case and what to do when you have a hearing scheduled? Call me Illinois Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.