GRANT v. COM'R, SOCIAL SEC. ADMIN.

No. 3:CV-88-0921.

111 F.Supp.2d 556 (2000)

Lois M. GRANT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. COMMISSIONER, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

August 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Zurflieh, Central Pa. Legal Services, Laurence E. Norton, II, Community Justice Project, Michael Francis Brown, Serratelli, Schiffman, Brown & Calhoon, P.C., Harrisburg, PA, for Lois M. Grant.

Peter Zurflieh, Central Pa. Legal Services, Harrisburg, PA, Fred H. Hait, Carlisle, Louise O. Knight, Lewisburg, PA, Laurence E. Norton, II, Community Justice Project, Michael Francis Brown, Serratelli, Schiffman, Brown & Calhoon, P.C., Harrisburg, PA, for Jamie P. Donnelly.

Peter Zurflieh, Central Pa. Legal Services, Harrisburg, Fred H. Hait, Carlisle, Louise O. Knight, Lewisburg, PA, Laurence E. Norton, II, Community Justice Project, Michael Francis Brown, Serratelli, Schiffman, Brown & Calhoon, P.C., Harrisburg, PA, for Harold Wallace.

J. Justin Blewitt, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Scranton, PA, Felicia L. Chambers, U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Civil Division, Sheila M. Lieber, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Division, Carlotta P. Wells, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division Federal Programs Branch, Washington, D.C., for Defendant.


OPINION

MUIR, District Judge.

I. Introduction.

On August 12, 1988, an amended complaint against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was filed on behalf of a class of social security disability claimants whose claims for benefits were denied by Administrative Law Judge Russell Rowell (hereinafter "ALJ Rowell").1 The core allegation in this matter is that ALJ Rowell was biased generally...

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