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SANCHEZ v. BARNHART

No. 05-2866.

467 F.3d 1081 (2006)

Sheila SANCHEZ, on behalf of Chila Sanchez, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 7, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Schultz (argued), Evanston, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Alfred Sanchez (argued), Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This suit challenges the denial of social security disability benefits to the plaintiff's daughter, 12-year-old Chila Sanchez. Although social security disability benefits are designed for disabled workers, low-income parents can obtain them on behalf of their disabled children. 42 U.S.C. § 1382c(a)(3)(C). The standard rationale for this curious-seeming extension of the benefits program for disabled adults is, as we explained in Keys...

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