GIBSON v. HECKLER

No. 82-7383.

762 F.2d 1516 (1985)

Mason L. GIBSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Olive, J.T. Simmonetti, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Mary P. Thornton, Asst. U.S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and THORNBERRY, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant Gibson seeks reversal of the district court's decision affirming a decision of the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") that Gibson was not disabled under the Social Security Act and, thus, not entitled to disability benefits. Because the ALJ improperly and mechanically applied regulatory guidelines in determining that Gibson was not disabled, we vacate the decision of the district court and remand with instructions to remand to the agency for further...

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