1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 581 F.3d
  5. 581 F.3d 399 (2009)
 

BLAKLEY v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SEC.

No. 08-6270.

581 F.3d 399 (2009)

Thomas H. BLAKLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 24, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Julie Anne Atkins, Atkins Law Office, Harlan, Kentucky, for Appellant. Haila Naomi Kleinman, Holly A. Grimes, Mary Ann Sloan, Social Security Administration, Office of General Counsel, Atlanta, Georgia, John S. Osborn III, Assistant United States Attorney, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before BATCHELDER, Chief Judge; SUHRHEINRICH and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

Thomas Blakley seeks review of a district court's judgment affirming the decision of an administrative law judge ("ALJ"), who denied Blakley's request for social security disability benefits. Blakley argues that the ALJ improperly rejected the opinions of his treating physicians and failed to provide reasons on the record for according them less than controlling weight. Because the ALJ failed to "give good reasons" for...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases