THORTON v. SCHWEIKER

No. 80-2305.

663 F.2d 1312 (1981)

Nelma Lois THORTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest L. Sample, Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

William J. Cornelius, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Gabriel L. Imperato, Social Sec. Div., Dept. of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Md., Mary K. Biester, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, GARZA and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas affirming a decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services denying Social Security benefits to the appellant, Nelma Lois Thornton.1 We vacate the judgment of the district court and remand for a determination whether the evidence that the appellant sought to obtain for her hearing before the administrative...

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