RODRIGUEZ v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

No. 80-1555.

647 F.2d 218 (1981)

Maria S. RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricio Martinez-Lorenzo, Rio Piedras, P. R., for plaintiff, appellant.

Barry J. Reiber, Asst. Regional Atty., Dept. of Health and Human Services, New York City, with whom Raymond L. Acosta, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., Frank V. Smith, III, Regional Atty., New York City, and William Kanter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Maria Rodriguez, the appellant, brought this action to obtain judicial review of a final decision by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that she did not qualify for widow's disability benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 402(e) (1970). She attacks the Secretary's determination that her asthma, arthritis and mental condition were not disabling, claiming that this determination is not supported by substantial evidence...

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