MITZE v. COLVIN

No. 14-2599.

782 F.3d 879 (2015)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 9, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenda Mitze, New London, WI, pro se.

James B. Geren, Attorney, Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Region V, Chicago, IL, Jonathan H. Koenig, Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


The plaintiff applied for social security disability benefits in 2009, at the age of 43, claiming to be disabled by a cyst (a liquid-filled sphere) in her pineal gland, a small endocrine gland in the brain that produces melatonin, which regulates sleep. After a hearing before an administrative law judge in November 2011, her...

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