HANCOCK v. ASTRUE

No. 11-1001.

667 F.3d 470 (2012)

Karen Sue HANCOCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jason Lee Wilson , H. Russell Vick & Associates, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. Gill Paul Beck , Office of the United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Susan Beller Donahue , Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration, Boston, Massachusetts, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge FLOYD joined.


OPINION

TRAXLER, Chief Judge:

In 2004, Karen Sue Hancock filed an application for supplemental security income ("SSI"), alleging both physical and mental disability. After her claim was denied by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Hancock requested a hearing before the Administrative Law Court. The administrative law judge ("ALJ") denied her claim, and the Appeals Council likewise denied her request for review. Having exhausted her administrative...

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