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STOKES v. HECKLER

No. 85-1395.

773 F.2d 990 (1985)

Everlene STOKES, Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Harlan, Blytheville, Ark., for appellant.

Julie Simpson, Baltimore, Md., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Everlene Stokes (Everlene) appeals from the district court's affirmance of a final decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services denying her claim for social security widow's benefits. The Secretary concluded that Everlene is not a surviving divorced wife of Bossie Stokes (Stokes) within the meaning of the Social Security Act's widow's benefits provisions, 42 U.S.C. §§ 402(e), 416(d), 416(h)(1)(A); and that...

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