PYLES v. BOWEN

No. 87-3177.

849 F.2d 846 (1988)

Sheila PYLES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy James Paulus, Baltimore, Md., Sheila Faye Robinson (Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., on brief) for plaintiff-appellant.

Jacquelyn Cusumano (Beverly Dennis, III, Chief Counsel, Region III, Philadelphia, Pa., Charlotte Hardnett, Supervisory Asst., Regional Counsel, Washington, D.C., Dorothea Lundelius, Supervisory Asst., Regional Counsel; Office of the General Counsel, Region III, Dept. of Health & Human Services, Philadelphia, Pa., Breckinridge L. Willcox, U.S. Atty., Larry D. Adams, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief) for defendant-appellee.

Before HALL, CHAPMAN and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The Secretary of Health and Human Services denied the application of Sheila Pyles for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. The district court upheld that decision. Because the Secretary's decision is not supported by substantial evidence, we reverse.

I.

Sheila Pyles is a 54-year old woman with an eleventh-grade education. Since 1972, she has worked as a seamstress, a sealer, and manager of a church thrift shop. Her most recent...

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