BROWN v. COM'R SOCIAL SEC. ADMIN.

No. 16-1578.

873 F.3d 251 (2017)

Ricky E. BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: September 29, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Hannah Rogers Metcalfe , Metcalfe & Atkinson, LLC, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant. Melissa K. Curry , Social Security Administration, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Timothy Clardy , Dennison Law Firm, PC, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant. Nora Koch , Regional Chief Counsel, Taryn Jasner , Supervisory Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Social Security Administration, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Beth Drake , Acting United States Attorney, Marshall Prince , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge King wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Wynn joined. Judge Niemeyer wrote a dissenting opinion.


Ricky E. Brown appeals from the judgment of the district court in South Carolina affirming the Commissioner of Social Security's denial of his claim for disability insurance benefits. In pursuing his appeal, Brown contends that the administrative law judge (the "ALJ") erred in various respects, including by improperly evaluating...

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