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PATTERSON v. BOWEN

No. 86-2188.

839 F.2d 221 (1988)

Audrey A. PATTERSON and Woodrow W. Patterson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee, Julie M. White, as mother and next friend of Travis Z. White, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claire S. Hoffman, Office of the Gen. Counsel, Social Security Div., Dept. of Health & Human Services, Washington, D.C. (Donald A. Gonya, Chief Counsel for Social Security; Randolph W. Gaines, Deputy Chief Counsel, Baltimore, Md., for Social Security Litigation; John M. Sacchetti, Chief, Retirement and Survivors Ins. Litigation Branch, Washington, D.C., Robert W. Spessard, Roanoke, Va., on brief), for appellants Patterson and appellee Bowen.

Dean R. Manor, Danville, Va. (Randi Blumenson, Suffolk, Va., Rickey G. Young, Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc., on brief), for appellee White.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER, and HALL, Circuit Judges.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Woodrow and Audrey Patterson appeal from the district court's order of summary judgment in this Social Security benefits dispute. Both the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) and the district court found that Woodrow Patterson, under Social Security law, is the father of an illegitimate child, Travis Zachary White, and accordingly decided that Travis was entitled to child's insurance benefits on Woodrow Patterson's wage earner...

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