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91 S. Ct. 1420 (1971) | Cited 29564 times
... MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court. In 1966 Pedro Perales, a San Antonio truck driver, then aged 34, height 5 feet 11 inches, weight about 220 pounds, filed a claim for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act. Sections 216 (i)(1), 68 Stat. 1080, and 223 ...
107 S. Ct. 2287 (1987) | Cited 10847 times
... JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court. The question in this case is whether the Secretary of Health and Human Services may deny a claim for Social Security disability benefits on the basis of a determination that the claimant does not suffer from a medically severe impairment that ...
923 F.2d 1391 (1991) | Cited 4905 times
... PREGERSON, Circuit Judge The Secretary of Health and Human Services denied Lavonne Baxter's application for disability insurance benefits. The district court affirmed the decision of the Secretary, and Baxter filed this timely appeal. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1982). We reverse. ...
932 F.2d 505 (1991) | Cited 4875 times
... BOGGS, Circuit Judge Eloise Howard appeals from the district court's decision to grant summary judgment, affirming the Secretary's denial of her application for Social Security benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. The district court initially referred this case to a magistrate ...
80 F.3d 1273 (1996) | Cited 4385 times
... SCHWARZER, District Judge. Catherine Smolen appeals the decision of the district court affirming the denial by the Commissioner of Health and Human Services ("Commissioner") of her application for disabled child's benefits pursuant to Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 416, 423 ...
278 F.3d 947 (2002) | Cited 4046 times
... FOR PUBLICATION Argued and Submitted March 9, 2001--Portland, Oregon OPINION Appellant Maureen Thomas appeals the district court's order affirming the Social Security Administration Commissioner's ("Commissioner's") decision denying Thomas' application for Supplemental Security Income benefits. ...
907 F.2d 1453 (1990) | Cited 3905 times
... ERWIN, Circuit Judge. Jackie L. Hays, Jr. ("Hays") appeals from the decision of the district court affirming the determination of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the "Secretary") that Hays was not eligible for disability insurance benefits because he had the residual functional ...
81 F.3d 821 (1995) | Cited 3809 times
... REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: James Lester challenges the Commissioner's denial of his application for Social Security disability benefits. He argues that the Commissioner erred in failing to take into account the combined impact of his mental and physical impairments in determining whether his ...
180 F.3d 1094 (1999) | Cited 3690 times
... FOR PUBLICATION OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Robert J. Bryan, District Judge, Presiding. Argued and Submitted April 16, 1999--Seattle, Washington OPINION PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: In 1993, Richard Tackett applied for Social ...
495 F.3d 625 (2007) | Cited 3607 times
... FOR PUBLICATION OPINION Argued and Submitted April 19, 2007 -- San Francisco, California Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Circuit Judge, Stephen S. Trott and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge William A. Fletcher OPINION Leo Orn filed an application for Social Security ...
110 S. Ct. 885 (1990) | Cited 3457 times
... JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court. This case concerns a facial challenge to the method used by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine whether a child is "disabled" and therefore eligible for benefits under the Supplemental Security Income Program, Title XVI of ...
892 F.2d 15 (1989) | Cited 3377 times
... This is a motion to dismiss an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Edelstein, J., granting defendant-appellee's motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Defendant-appellee Secretary of Health and Human ...
53 F.3d 1035 (1995) | Cited 3228 times
... RYMER, Circuit Judge: Raymond E. Andrews appeals the district court's entry of summary judgment for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, affirming the Secretary's denial of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq. ...
357 F.3d 1232 (2004) | Cited 3196 times
... PUBLISH Non-Argument Calendar Renee S. Phillips, through counsel, appeals the district court's order affirming the Commissioner's den ial of her application for social security disability insurance benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). After review, we vacate the district court's order and remand ...
881 F.2d 747 (1989) | Cited 3194 times
... J. CLIFFORD WALLACE, Circuit Judge. Mary Magallanes appeals from the district court's judgment affirming the determination by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) of the onset date of her disability. Magallanes argues that the Secretary's decision awarding her disability benefits ...
157 F.3d 715 (1998) | Cited 3149 times
... FOR PUBLICATION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Ronald M. Whyte, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted February 12, 1998--San Francisco, California Opinion by Chief Judge Hug SUMMARY This case involves a claim for Social Security ...
400 F.3d 676 (2005) | Cited 3149 times
... OPINION - Motion to publish granted March 7, 2005 Argued and Submitted December 9, 2004 San Francisco, California Deborah L. Burch appeals the district court's order affirming the decision of the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ"), which denied her applications for supplemental security income and ...
227 F.3d 863 (2000) | Cited 3127 times
... Argued May 18, 2000 Donna J. Clifford applied for supplemental security income ("SSI") under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. sec.sec. 1381 et seq., alleging a disability resulting from high blood pressure, depression, double vision, arthritis in her legs, pain in her hands, and ...
931 F.2d 390 (1991) | Cited 3041 times
... SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge Plaintiff-appellant Dorothy Willis ("Willis"), appeals the sufficiency of the attorney's fee award under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, issued upon her successful claim for Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") benefits under Title XVI of the ...
368 F.2d 640 (1966) | Cited 3030 times
... BOREMAN, Circuit Judge: On June 20, 1961, Charles M. Laws filed his application to establish a period of disability under Section 216(i) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 416(i), and for disability insurance benefits under Section 223, 42 U.S.C. § 423, claiming that he had been physically ...
103 S. Ct. 1952 (1983) | Cited 2989 times
... JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court. The issue is whether the Secretary of Health and Human Services may rely on published medical-vocational guidelines to determine a claimant's right to Social Security disability benefits. I The Social Security Act defines "disability" in terms ...
466 F.3d 880 (2006) | Cited 2901 times
... FOR PUBLICATION OPINION Submitted December 9, 2005 1 -- Portland, Oregon. Before: James R. Browning, Dorothy W. Nelson, and Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge Browning; Dissent by Judge O'Scannlain. Leroy J. Robbins appeals an affirmance of the Commissioner of Social ...
67 F.3d 1553 (1995) | Cited 2885 times
... PER CURIAM: Josephine Foote appeals from a district court order granting judgment in favor of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) who denied Foote's application for disability benefits under the Supplemental Security Income Program of the Social Security Act. 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381 ...
168 F.3d 72 (1999) | Cited 2781 times
... August Term, 1998 Argued December 8, 1998 Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Denise L. Cote, J., affirming the decision of an administrative law Judge which denied plaintiff Social Security disability benefits. We hold that ...
844 F.2d 748 (1988) | Cited 2763 times
... McKAY, Circuit Judge. Appellant, Glen W. Williams, appeals from an order of the district court affirming a decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) that denies Mr. Williams' application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income (SSI) under Titles ...
430 U.S. 99 (1977) | Cited 2691 times
... Argued January 11-12, 1977 BRENNAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which WHITE, MARSHALL, BLACKMUN, POWELL, and REHNQUIST, JJ., joined. STEWART, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which BURGER, C. J., joined, post, p. 109. STEVENS, J., took no part in the consideration ...
169 F.3d 595 (1999) | Cited 2654 times
... FOR PUBLICATION OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Michael R. Hogan, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted November 5, 1998--Portland, Oregon Opinion by Judge Thompson; Dissent by Judge Noonan OPINION Plaintiff-appellant David Morgan ...
434 F.3d 650 (2005) | Cited 2580 times
... PUBLISHED - Ordered published January 20, 2006 Argued: October 26, 2005 Before WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by published per curiam opinion. Judge Williams wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Traxler concurred. Unpublished opinions are not binding ...
111 S. Ct. 2157 (1991) | Cited 2558 times
... JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court. A party that prevails against the United States in a civil action is entitled, in certain circumstances, to an award of attorney's fees, court costs, and other expenses. Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. Among other ...
378 F.3d 541 (2004) | Cited 2544 times
... RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206 ELECTRONIC CITATION: 2004 FED App. 0255P (6th Cir.) Argued: June 16, 2004 OPINION Robert M. Wilson, the plaintiff/appellant, challenges the decision of an administrative law judge (the "ALJ") of the Social Security ...
483 F.2d 773 (1972) | Cited 2536 times
... Before BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges. BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge: The Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare appeals from a decision of the district court reversing the Secretary's administrative denial of disability benefits to claimant, Rachel R. ...
703 F.2d 1233 (1983) | Cited 2508 times
... VANCE, Circuit Judge: PROCEDURAL HISTORY This is an appeal of an affirmance of the Secretary of Health and Human Services' denial of a claim for disability benefits under the Social Security Act. Claimant Bloodsworth filed applications for a period of disability, disability insurance benefits, ...
533 F.3d 1155 (2008) | Cited 2489 times
... FOR PUBLICATION Submitted December 6, 2007 1 -- Portland, Oregon. Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Susan P. Graber and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge O'Scannlain; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Graber OPINION We must decide whether the district court ...
674 F.3d 1104 (2012) | Cited 2462 times
... FOR PUBLICATION OPINION Argued and Submitted October 24, 2011-San Francisco, California Before: Susan P. Graber and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges, and Lewis A. Kaplan, 1 Senior District Judge. Opinion by Judge Ikuta; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Graber OPINION Edilia ...
947 F.2d 341 (1991) | Cited 2455 times
... INTRODUCTION We granted a rehearing en banc in Rice v. Sullivan, 912 F.2d 1076 (9th Cir. 1990), and Bunnell v. Sullivan, 912 F.2d 1149 (9th Cir. 1990), to determine the appropriate standard for evaluating subjective complaints of pain in Social Security disability cases. Bunnell v. Sullivan, 925 ...
533 F.3d 1035 (2008) | Cited 2411 times
... FOR PUBLICATION OPINION Argued and Submitted February 15, 2008 -- Pasadena, California. Before: Stephen S. Trott, Richard R. Clifton, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge Callahan OPINION Anthony Tommasetti ("Tommasetti") filed an application for Social Security benefits ...
395 F.3d 1206 (2005) | Cited 2374 times
... [PUBLISH] The key issue in this disability benefits case is whether the district court afforded proper deference to the agency decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration ("Commissioner") to deny Social Security disability benefits to claimant Bobby Dyer. After a careful ...
25 F.3d 284 (1994) | Cited 2355 times
... Per Curiam. Plaintiff Charlene M. Cutlip seeks judicial review of the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services terminating her social security disability benefits. The district court affirmed the Secretary's decision. For reasons stated hereafter, we affirm. Background Cutlip filed ...
125 F.3d 1436 (1997) | Cited 2331 times
... FAY, Senior Circuit Judge: In this appeal we review the district court's affirmance of the Commissioner's decision to award disability benefits to Claimant Jackson Lewis for the period of June 17, 1990, to November 12, 1992. Lewis argues that he continues to be unable to do any work due to a ...
857 F.2d 275 (1988) | Cited 2320 times
... JOHNSON, Circuit Judge: Plaintiff Benito Rodriguez appeals an order by the district court granting the Secretary of Health and Human Services' motion for summary judgment and affirming the Secretary's denial of Rodriguez's claim for disability benefits. We find that the Secretary's decision to ...
362 F.3d 28 (2004) | Cited 2288 times
... Argued: November 21, 2003 Plaintiff Darline Halloran appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Sharpe, Mag. J.), affirming the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security ("the Commissioner"), who denied Halloran's claim for ...
581 F.3d 399 (2009) | Cited 2263 times
... RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206 Submitted: April 23, 2009 Before: BATCHELDER, Chief Judge; SUHRHEINRICH and SUTTON, Circuit Judges. OPINION Thomas Blakley seeks review of a district court's judgment affirming the decision of an administrative law judge ...
427 F.3d 1211 (2005) | Cited 2230 times
... FOR PUBLICATION OPINION Argued and Submitted September 15, 2005 -- Portland, Oregon Before: Raymond C. Fisher, Ronald M. Gould, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges. Jana Bayliss appeals the district court's affirmance of the Social Security Commissioner's denial of her application for disability ...
658 F.2d 260 (1981) | Cited 2181 times
... Alva M. Hall appeals from a judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, which affirmed a final decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services denying Hall's application for social security disability insurance benefits. Concluding that the administrative ...
745 F.2d 383 (1984) | Cited 2165 times
... Before: EDWARDS, Circuit Judge; BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge; and DOWD, District Judge.*fn* DOWD, District Judge, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which EDWARDS, Circuit Judge, joined. BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge (p. 15), delivered a separate dissenting opinion. DOWD, District Judge. Douglas ...
106 S. Ct. 2022 (1986) | Cited 2146 times
... JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court. This class action was brought pursuant to 42 U. S. C. § 405(g) challenging an internal policy of the Secretary of Health and Human Services that had the effect of denying disability benefits to numerous claimants who may have been entitled to ...
242 F.3d 1144 (2001) | Cited 2142 times
... FOR PUBLICATION OPINION Argued and Submitted February 8, 2001--Pasadena, California Opinion by Judge Canby Silva Tonapetyan appeals from the district court's summary judgment affirming the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying her supplemental security income disability ...
181 F.3d 358 (1999) | Cited 2121 times
... Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) February 12, 1999 (Filed: May 18, 1999) OPINION OF THE COURT Wayne R. Hartranft, appeals the District Court's affirmance of the Commissioner of Social Security's Conclusion that Hartranft is not entitled to disability insurance benefits (DIB) under Title ...
186 F.3d 422 (1999) | Cited 2070 times
... Argued March 1, 1999 * Hon. Murray M. Schwartz, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Delaware, sitting by designation. Opinion filed August 5, 1999 OPINION OF THE COURT Evelyn Plummer asserts error in the denial of her application for social security disability insurance ...
642 F.2d 700 (1981) | Cited 2053 times
... Opinion OF THE COURT In this action, appellant, Daniel P. Cotter, seeks review of the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services denying Cotter's concurrent applications for disability benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 416(i), 423 (1976), and ...
675 F.2d 464 (1982) | Cited 2043 times
... Elmer G. Berry appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, James S. Holden, Chief Judge, upholding the denial by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of Berry's application for disability benefits under Title II and Title XVI of the Social ...
270 F.3d 171 (2001) | Cited 2015 times
... As amended October 26, 2001. PUBLISHED Argued: November 1, 2000 Affirmed by published per curiam opinion. Judge Williams wrote the opinion, in which Judge Luttig and Judge Traxler joined. OPINION Patricia Mastro, Appellant, challenges the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security ...
221 F.3d 1065 (2000) | Cited 2002 times
... Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. Submitted: April 13, 2000 Sheila J. Young appeals from the district court's 2 order affirming the denial of her request for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 401 et ...
124 S.Ct. 376 (2003) | Cited 1990 times
... Under the Social Security Act, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is authorized to pay disability insurance benefits and Supplemental Security Income to persons who have a "disability." A person qualifies as disabled, and thereby eligible for such benefits, "only if his physical or mental ...
284 F.3d 1219 (2002) | Cited 1952 times
... [PUBLISH] Non-Argument Calendar Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration ("Commissioner"), appeals the district court's order reversing the Commissioner's denial of Andrew T. Wilson's application for disability and disability insurance benefits, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). ...
220 F.3d 112 (2000) | Cited 1945 times
... Argued: June 20, 2000 OPINION OF THE COURT Ethel Burnett ("Burnett"), asserting error in the denial of her application for social security disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act ("the Act"), 42 U.S.C. SS 401-433, has appealed the District Court's order affirming ...
245 F.3d 881 (2001) | Cited 1944 times
... Argued November 3, 2000 Plaintiff Joseph A. Zurawski applied for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income, on the ground that he had become disabled due to a back disorder, neck pain, a loss of strength in his legs, arms and shoulder, and depression, at the age of ...
829 F.2d 514 (1987) | Cited 1939 times
... VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge: Hallie Coffman, as Executrix of Estate of Junior R. Coffman, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia (Kidd, J.), which affirmed the Secretary of Health and Human Services' denial of Junior Coffman's ...
817 F.2d 983 (1987) | Cited 1909 times
... JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge: This appeal involves another in a long line of cases raising the issue whether the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is observing the treating physician rule in determining claims for disability benefits, see Schisler v. Heckler, 787 F.2d 76, 81 (2d Cir. ...
247 F.3d 34 (2001) | Cited 1827 times
... Argued: August 2, 2000 Filed April 11, 2001 OPINION OF THE COURT This case arises from the denial of Tommaso Fargnoli's ("Fargnoli") application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. SS 401-433 ("Act"). Fargnoli appeals the District Court's order ...
405 F.3d 1208 (2005) | Cited 1771 times
... [PUBLISH] Before BARKETT, HILL and FARRIS 1 , Circuit Judges. Christi L. Moore appeals the district court's order affirming the Commissioner of Social Security's ("Commissioner") denial of her application for Disability Insurance Benefit ("DIB") and Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") payments ...
274 F.3d 1211 (2001) | Cited 1766 times
... Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri Submitted: November 15, 2001 Dennis W. Pearsall appeals the denial of social security disability insurance benefits. Pearsall applied for benefits in June 1997 and alleges disability since January 1, 1997, stemming ...
292 F.3d 576 (2002) | Cited 1762 times
... Submitted: February 15, 2002 Theresa Ramirez ("Claimant") appeals from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court 2 for the Southern District of Iowa affirming the decision of the Social Security Administration ("SSA") to deny her application for Supplemental Security Income ...
800 F.2d 535 (1986) | Cited 1755 times
... ENGEL, Circuit Judge, delivered the opinion of the court in which LIVELY, C.J., KENNEDY, KRUPANSKY, WELLFORD, MILBURN, GUY and NELSON, J.J., joined. NELSON, J., (pp. 41-44) delivered a separate concurring opinion. MERRITT, J., (pp. 45-47) delivered a separate opinion, concurring in part and ...
481 F.3d 742 (2007) | Cited 1743 times
... FOR PUBLICATION Submitted February 5, 2007 2 -- Pasadena, California. Before: Cynthia Holcomb Hall, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges. OPINION In 1996, Congress amended the Social Security Act to preclude an award of disability benefits if drug or alcohol abuse ...
336 F.3d 469 (2003) | Cited 1721 times
... RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206 ELECTRONIC CITATION: 2003 FED App. 0231P (6th Cir.) Argued: March 27, 2003 OPINION In December 1999 and February 2000, Angela M. Jones applied for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income, claiming ...
261 F.3d 853 (2001) | Cited 1720 times
... FOR PUBLICATION Submitted February 12, 2001 2 --Pasadena, California Opinion by Judge Tashima; Dissent by Judge Ferguson OPINION Kathryn C. Rollins appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, affirming the ...
933 F.2d 799 (1991) | Cited 1656 times
... ANDERSON, Circuit Judge Mary Hope Casias appeals from the district court's order affirming the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny her application for Social Security disability benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 416(i) and 423. 2 We affirm. ...
539 F.3d 668 (2008) | Cited 1629 times
... ARGUED JANUARY 24, 2008 Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges. Roger Craft filed an application in August 2001 for Disability Insurance Benefits ("DIB") and an application in September 2001 for Supplemental Security Income ("SSI"), alleging a disability due to diabetes mellitus and ...
246 F.3d 1195 (2001) | Cited 1628 times
... FOR PUBLICATION OPINION Argued and Submitted February 15, 2001--San Francisco, California Opinion by Judge B. Fletcher; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Fernandez OPINION Anne Holohan appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment to the Commissioner of Social ...
530 U.S. 103 (2000) | Cited 1625 times
... On Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Fifth Circuit Justice Thomas announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I and II-A, and an opinion with respect to Part II-B, in which Justice Stevens, Justice Souter, and ...
685 F.2d 60 (1982) | Cited 1615 times
... VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge: Plaintiff David Rutherford appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, John M. Cannella, J., affirming a final decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services terminating Rutherford's entitlement to ...
683 F.3d 443 (2012) | Cited 1614 times
... 11-2121-cv Brault v. Social Security Administration Argued: May 22, 2012 Before: B.D. PARKER, HALL, WALLACE, 1 Circuit Judges. Plaintiff-Appellant appeals from the district court's affirmance of the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying his application for disability ...
425 F.3d 345 (2005) | Cited 1614 times
... ARGUED JANUARY 6, 2005 Before MANION, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. This is a somewhat unusual Social Security appeal. After an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) rejected Nelson Taylor's application for disability benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 423, he appealed ...
722 F.2d 1033 (1983) | Cited 1577 times
... George Mongeur appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Albert W. Coffrin, District Judge) which upheld a final determination of the Secretary of Health and Human Services ("Secretary") denying Mongeur's application for reinstatement of disability ...
177 F.3d 128 (1999) | Cited 1565 times
... Argued: April 21, 1999 Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Michael A. Telesca, J.) upholding the decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to deny Social Security Disability Insurance payments to the plaintiff. ...
574 F.3d 685 (2009) | Cited 1560 times
... FOR PUBLICATION OPINION Argued and Submitted June 5, 2009-Portland, Oregon Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge O'Scannlain OPINION We must determine the circumstances under which the Social Security Administration can ...
399 F.3d 546 (2005) | Cited 1555 times
... PRECEDENTIAL Argued December 7, 2004 OPINION Joyce Rutherford ("Rutherford") challenges the denial of her application for Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381-1383f ("Act"). 2 She filed for benefits in June 2000, claiming an onset ...
993 F.2d 31 (1992) | Cited 1551 times
... Per Curiam: William Hunter (Hunter) appeals from the decision of the district court upholding the Secretary of Health and Human Services' (the Secretary) denial of Hunter's application for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Because the Secretary's decision was supported by substantial ...
499 F.3d 506 (2007) | Cited 1535 times
... RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206 Argued: July 19, 2007 Before: KENNEDY, GIBBONS, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges. OPINION Paul W. Bass II ("plaintiff") seeks review of the district court's decision upholding the Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ's) denial of ...
554 F.3d 1219 (2009) | Cited 1530 times
... FOR PUBLICATION OPINION Argued and Submitted October 23, 2008 -- Portland, Oregon. Before: A. Wallace Tashima and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges, and George H. Wu, 1 District Judge. Opinion by Judge Tashima; Concurrence by Judge Wu OPINION Mary Bray ("Bray") appeals the district ...
647 F.2d 218 (1981) | Cited 1528 times
... Maria Rodriguez, the appellant, brought this action to obtain judicial review of a final decision by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that she did not qualify for widow's disability benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 402(e) (1970). She attacks the Secretary's ...
795 F.2d 343 (1986) | Cited 1523 times
... Before WINTER, Chief Judge, CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge, and HOUCK, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation. CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge: This case presents the single issue of whether there is substantial evidence to support the Secretary's determination ...
529 F.3d 408 (2008) | Cited 1508 times
... ARGUED APRIL 4, 2008 Before POSNER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges. Dianna Elder applied for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), claiming that her fibromyalgia rendered her disabled as that term is defined by the Social Security Act ("the Act"), 42 U.S.C. § ...
906 F.2d 856 (1990) | Cited 1491 times
... WINTER, Circuit Judge. In this action under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (1982), plaintiff-appellant Janine Wagner sought to overturn the denial by the Secretary of Health and Human Services ("Secretary") of disability benefits for the period between September 10, 1980 and August 12, 1983. Chief Judge ...
582 F.3d 647 (2009) | Cited 1491 times
... RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206 Submitted: April 22, 2009 Before: CLAY and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges; HOLSCHUH, Senior District Judge. 1 McKEAGUE, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which CLAY, J., joined. HOLSCHUH, D. J. (pp. 22-35), delivered a ...
38 F.3d 232 (1994) | Cited 1468 times
... JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge: Patricia Greenspan ("Greenspan"), an applicant for Social Security disability insurance and supplemental security income benefits ("SSI"), appeals the Secretary's determination that Greenspan was not disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act (the "Act"). ...
65 F.3d 1200 (1995) | Cited 1464 times
... Opinion MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge: The appellant, James Pass, was denied Supplemental Security Income disability benefits by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, 1 based on a finding that he was capable of fulfilling the requirements of his former job position. On review ...
225 F.3d 310 (2000) | Cited 1463 times
... Argued: April 25, 2000 Filed August 22, 2000 OPINION OF THE COURT William Morales appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Brody, Judge) approving and adopting the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate (Scuderi, M.J.) ...
209 F.3d 448 (2000) | Cited 1456 times
... Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Plaintiff, Gloria D. Newton, filed a civil action under Section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), to obtain judicial review of the final decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security ...
340 F.3d 871 (2003) | Cited 1439 times
... FOR PUBLICATION Argued and Submitted May 9, 2003-Portland, Oregon OPINION Jeanne Connett appeals from the judgment of the district court affirming the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration's denial of benefits. We affirm in part, and reverse and remand in part. Connett applied for ...
245 F.3d 1274 (2001) | Cited 1436 times
... [PUBLISH] Charles Doughty appeals the district court's order affirming the Commissioner's denial of his petition for supplemental security income ("SSI") under 42 U.S.C. § 1383, and disability insurance benefits ("DIB") under 42 U.S.C. § 423(a). Doughty was denied benefits pursuant to the Contract ...
335 F.3d 99 (2003) | Cited 1424 times
... Argued: March 20, 2003 As amended July 16, 2003 Plaintiff Green-Younger appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Christopher F. Droney, J.), accepting the recommended ruling of Magistrate Judge William I. Garfinkel to affirm the decision of the ...
236 F.3d 503 (2001) | Cited 1411 times
... FOR PUBLICATION OPINION Argued and Submitted October 13, 2000 Pasadena, California Opinion by Judge Alsup OPINION Bradley Lewis appeals the magistrate judge's affirmance of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security, which denied his application for disability insurance and ...
290 F.3d 936 (2002) | Cited 1395 times
... Argued March 26, 2001 Terry Steele, a former City of Chicago firefighter, applied for supplemental security income at the age of forty-five asserting that he could not work because of debilitating epileptic seizures and low back pain. An administrative law judge found Steele not disabled and ...
478 F.3d 742 (2007) | Cited 1395 times
... RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206 Argued: January 30, 2007 Before: GILMAN and SUTTON, Circuit Judges; TARNOW, District Judge. 1 OPINION In April of 2002, David Bowen applied for disability insurance benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). ...
379 F.3d 587 (2004) | Cited 1392 times
... FOR PUBLICATION OPINION Argued and Submitted March 11, 2004-San Francisco, California Plaintiff-Appellant Kathryn L. Benecke appeals a decision of the district court remanding to the Social Security Admin-istration (SSA) for additional administrative proceedings instead of an immediate award of ...
202 F.3d 268 (1999) | Cited 1388 times
... RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206 File Name: 00a0048p.06 Argued: December 14, 1999 OPINION Administrative Law Judge Paula Zera denied plaintiff Yer Her's request for Social Security disability and Supplemental Security Income benefits, a decision which ...
826 F.2d 996 (1987) | Cited 1375 times
... Thelma L. Walker appeals from the district court's affirmance of the decision by the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) denying her claim for supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits. We reverse the district court's order and remand this case to the Secretary because we find (1) ...
245 F.3d 528 (2001) | Cited 1373 times
... RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206 File Name: 01a0078p.06 Argued: November 30, 2000 OPINION Claimant-Appellant, Ruby E. Heston ("Heston") filed an application for disability benefits which was denied, and now appeals the district court's decision upholding ...