SIMMS v. SULLIVAN

No. 88-5198.

877 F.2d 1047 (1989)

Roscoe SIMMS, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Crawford, with whom Stephanie Forester was on the brief, for appellant. Michael Tankersley also entered an appearance, for appellant.

Susan A. Nellor, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., R. Craig Lawrence and John D. Bates, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.

D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Roscoe C. Simms challenges a district court order, granting summary judgment to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who denied Simms's application for disability benefits under the Social Security Act. We conclude that the Secretary failed adequately to develop the record concerning appellant's disability claim. Accordingly...

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