BEARDSLEY v. COLVIN

No. 13-3609.

758 F.3d 834 (2014)

Cheryl BEARDSLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Sellers , Spector & Lenz, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Andrew Neltner , Social Security Administration Office of the General Counsel, Region V, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before RIPPLE, WILLIAMS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from the denial of Social Security disability benefits is unusual because the administrative law judge discounted the opinion of the agency's own examining physician to conclude that the claimant before him was not disabled. Claimant Cheryl Beardsley argues that the ALJ erred by giving too little weight to the opinion of the examining doctor and too much weight to an erroneous view of her daily activities, particularly the care...

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