JAMES v. ASTRUE

Civil Action No. 06-11818-RGS.

519 F.Supp.2d 193 (2007)

Esmie E. JAMES v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

October 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Kisseloff, Kevin James Terrazas, Hale & Dorr Legal Services, Roger J. Bertling, Jamaica Plain, MA, Paul R. Collier, III, Cambridge, MA, for Esmie E. James.

Gina Y. Walcott-Torres, United States Attorney's Office, Boston, MA, for Michael J. Astrue.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON AN APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY

RICHARD G. STEARNS, District Judge.

Esmie James, the surviving divorced wife of Nicholas James, brought this appeal after the Social Security Administration (SSA) denied her application for widow's insurance benefits. The SSA ruled that James did not meet the 10-year duration of marriage requirement of 42 U.S.C. § 416(d)(2). James's initial application was...

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