WILKINS v. SECRETARY, DHHS

No. 90-1476.

925 F.2d 769 (1991)

Claireather M. WILKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1991.

As Amended February 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Cuthbert, Jr., Cuthbert Law Offices, Petersburg, Va., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert S. Drum, Asst. Regional Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Philadelphia, Pa. (Eileen Bradley, Chief Counsel, Region III, Charlotte Hardnett, Chief, Social Security Litigation Div., Office of the General Counsel, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Philadelphia, Pa., Henry Hudson, U.S. Atty., Robert W. Jaspen, Asst. U.S. Atty., Richmond, Va., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before CHAPMAN, WILKINSON and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.


CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Claireather Wilkins ("Wilkins") appeals the final decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services ("Secretary") denying her claim for benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. On appeal, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia affirmed the Secretary's decision. Wilkins raises two issues before this court: first, whether the district judge abused his discretion in refusing to...

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