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VELEZ v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, ED. & WELFARE

No. 79-1111.

608 F.2d 21 (1979)

Francisca A. VELEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jorge R. Gonzalez, San Juan, P. R., on brief, for plaintiff-appellant.

Julio Morales Sanchez, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., William Kanter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Borge Varmer, Regional Atty., and Leslie L. Clune, Asst. Regional Atty., Dept. of Health, Ed. and Welfare, New York City, on brief, for defendant-appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of social security retirement benefits. The issue is whether there was substantial evidence to support the Secretary's finding that claimant was not an employee of her brother-in-law and, therefore, lacked sufficient quarters of coverage to be entitled to benefits.

The Statute

After reaching the age of sixty-two, claimant filed for old age social security benefits. Section 202(a) of...

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