COATS v. HECKLER

No. 83-3673.

733 F.2d 1338 (1984)

Bettye H. COATS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent H. Nielson, Webb, Burton, Carlson, Pedersen & Paine, Twin Falls, Idaho, for plaintiff-appellant.

Guy Hurlbutt, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boise, Idaho, Richard H. Wetmore, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellee.

Before WRIGHT and HUG, Circuit Judges, and ORRICK, District Judge.


ORRICK, District Judge:

Bettye H. Coats appeals from a decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services ("the Secretary") denying her disability insurance and disabled widow's insurance benefits on the ground that the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") acting for the Secretary did not articulate clear and convincing reasons (if indeed any he had) for rejecting her doctor's opinion that she is disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act and thus is entitled...

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