SCOTT v. HECKLER

No. 84-2950.

768 F.2d 172 (1985)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 22, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan L. Kodner, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey Teske, Asst. Regional Counsel, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 10, 1985.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court affirming the Secretary of Health and Human Services's (Secretary) reversal of the Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) grant of disability benefits to plaintiff. We reverse and remand for reinstatement of the ALJ's award of disability benefits to the plaintiff.

I.

Plaintiff, a 54-year-old functionally illiterate...

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