WALKER v. HARRIS

No. 80-1344.

642 F.2d 712 (1981)

Emaline M. WALKER, Appellant, v. Patricia R. HARRIS, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean P. Devereux, Legal Aid Service of the Buncombe County Bar Ass'n, Inc., Asheville, N. C., for appellant.

Wayne C. Alexander, Asst. U. S. Atty., Charlotte, N. C. (Harold M. Edwards, U. S. Atty., Max O. Cogburn, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Asheville, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, RUSSELL, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Emaline Walker appeals from an order of the district court affirming the decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) denying her claim for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits. She contends, and we agree, that her inability to participate effectively in her hearing before the administrative law judge, her then lack of counsel and the administrative law judge's failure to explore facts relevant to her claim...

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