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WILLEFORD v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

No. 86-6594.

824 F.2d 771 (1987)

Joan W. WILLEFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Whiteside, Santa Barbara, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael R. Power, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before KENNEDY and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges, and McKIBBEN, District Judge.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

Joan Willeford appeals a denial of widow's disability benefits, challenging the standard used to evaluate her claim. We affirm.

Mrs. Willeford applied for disability benefits under sections 202(e) and 223(d) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 402(e), 423(d). After administrative proceedings, the Secretary of Health and Human Services denied her application. On a magistrate's recommendation, the district court upheld...

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