BENDA v. BOWEN

No. 87 C 8793.

684 F.Supp. 210 (1988)

Richard BENDA, Plaintiff, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

May 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisa P. Seston, Patricia Mendoza, Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc., Oak Park, Ill., for plaintiff.

Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty. by Linda A. Wawzenski, Asst. U.S. Atty., Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Donna Morros Weinstein, Chief Counsel, Region V by Felisia A. Wesson, Asst. Regional Counsel, Dept. of Health & Human Services, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.


ORDER

BUA, District Judge.

Plaintiff Richard Benda, who has applied for Supplemental Security Income ("SSI"), claims that an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") wrongfully denied him benefits by not properly evaluating his claim of mental impairment. This court disagrees, and grants the Government's motion for summary judgment.

To establish his eligibility for benefits based on his somatoform disorder, Benda...

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