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WIER ON BEHALF OF WIER v. HECKLER

No. 83-5433.

734 F.2d 955 (1984)

Janet WIER, on Behalf of her son, John P. WIER, a minor, Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Mesar (argued), Neighborhood Legal Services Association, McKeesport, Pa., for appellant.

Beverly Dennis, III, Regional Attorney, Charlotte Hardnett, Asst. Regional Atty., (argued) Region III, Department of Health and Human Services, Philadelphia, Pa., J. Alan Johnson, U.S. Atty., Anthony M. Mariani, Asst. U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before HUNTER and BECKER, Circuit Judges and HOFFMAN, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

I. Preliminary Statement

This case involves a claim by John Wier, a seventeen-year old mentally impaired boy from Monroeville, Pennsylvania, for Supplemental Security Income benefits based on disability. John appeals from a summary judgment in favor of the defendant Secretary of Health and Human Services upholding the Secretary's denial of benefits. Although John was only eleven years old when...

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