1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 703 F.Supp.
  5. 703 F.Supp. 833 (1988)
 

JENNINGS v. BOWEN

No. CIV 87-1884 PCT CAM.

703 F.Supp. 833 (1988)

Janice D. JENNINGS, SSN: 051-54-9106, Plaintiff, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

December 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan M. Schiffman, Schiffman, Hozier & Kurth, P.C., Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiff.

John Robert Mayfield, Steven A. Keller, U.S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., for defendant.

ORDER

MUECKE, District Judge.

This case is an example of the disregard the Secretary of Health and Human Services has come to have for the judicial precedents and intra-departmental rules that are to guide social security disability benefit decisions. The record shows that the Secretary was more concerned with making a policy decision to deny benefits than following rules and precedents in reviewing an administrative record.

Twice the Appeals Council...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases