RAGSDALE v. SECRETARY, DEPT. OF HEALTH, ETC.

No. 79-1642.

623 F.2d 528 (1980)

Steven RAGSDALE, Appellant, v. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Jarboe, Ponder & Jarboe, Walnut Ridge, Ark., for appellant.

Sandra W. Cherry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark. (argued), and George W. Proctor, U.S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., on brief, for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Chief Judge.

Steven Ragsdale, who was 59 years old at the time of his hearing, appeals from the district court's affirmance of the denial of social security benefits by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.1 The claimant has a third grade education and can barely read and write. He has held a number of odd jobs, including construction work and serving as a janitor and mechanic. In the year preceding the hearing he had worked...

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