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SCOTT v. HECKLER

No. 84-4841 Summary Calendar.

770 F.2d 482 (1985)

Charlie Mae SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel L. Walters, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

George Phillips, U.S. Atty., L.A. Smith, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL, and TATE, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

An applicant for Social Security disability and supplemental security income (SSI) benefits appeals the Secretary's determination that she was not disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act. Because the Secretary gave insufficient weight to the opinion of the applicant's treating physician, may have improperly dismissed her obesity as a cause of disability because she had failed to lose weight, and may have failed to consider...

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