TOTTEN v. CALIFANO

No. 78-1204.

624 F.2d 10 (1980)

Hazel TOTTEN, Appellant, v. Joseph A. CALIFANO, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Carroll, Baltimore, Md. (Dennis M. Sweeney, Administrative Law Center, Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant.

Natalie R. Dethleff, Dept. of HEW (Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Russell T. Baker, Jr., U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.


SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

Claimant, Hazel Totten, appeals from an order of the district court affirming a final decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denying her disability insurance benefits. Since the Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) decision is premised on an incorrect statement of the standard of disability, we vacate the judgment of the district court and remand the case to the Secretary for further proceedings consistent with this opinion...

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