MAGGARD v. APFEL

No. 98-1188.

167 F.3d 376 (1999)

Ronald MAGGARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony W. Bartels, E. Gregory Wallace (argued), Jonesboro, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

W. Charles Grace, Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Fairview Heights, IL, Ekaterina Scherb, Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Region V, Chicago, IL, Anne M. Lobell (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, CUMMINGS and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Maggard suffers from alcoholism, drug addiction, back pain, foot pain, and bleeding ulcers. Maggard last performed substantial gainful activity in 1986, when he worked as a janitor and maintenance man. He has worked in the past as a deckhand on a riverboat, food preparer, and assembly line worker. In July 1993, Maggard applied for disability insurance benefits (DIB) under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 416...

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