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COLLIER v. BARNHART

Docket No. 06-3644-cv.

473 F.3d 444 (2007)

Claire G. COLLIER, Petitioner, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 4, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Hans, Thacher Profitt & Wood, LLP, New York, N.Y. (John Vukelj, DLA Piper U.S. LLP, New York, NY; John P. Regan, Stamford, CT, on the brief), for Petitioner.

Eric Feigin, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC (Marleigh D. Dover, United States Department of Justice, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Kevin J. O'Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, on the brief), for Respondent.

Before FEINBERG, KATZMANN, Circuit Judges and PAULEY, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

We are called upon to address a matter of human tragedy. Petitioner Claire Collier has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. She has suffered greatly from this disease and, in addition to the physical pain, the financial cost has been staggering. However, we are compelled to conclude that the statute which guides this Court's review denies Collier Social Security Disability Insurance (S SDI) and Medicare benefits...

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