MORRIS v. SULLIVAN

No. 88-5366.

897 F.2d 553 (1990)

Jane E. MORRIS, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Gilbert, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Daniel J. Standish, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John D. Bates and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee. Susan A. Nellor, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance, for appellee.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, and RUTH BADER GINSBURG and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.

WALD, Chief Judge:

In 1982, appellant, Jane E. Morris, applied to the Social Security Administration ("SSA" or "agency") for childhood disability benefits. The agency denied her claim. In 1984, appellant petitioned the agency to reopen her claim. Consecutively, agency staff members, an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") and an Agency Appeals Council denied her petition.

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