WOODS v. BERRYHILL

No. 17-1500.

888 F.3d 686 (2018)

Billie J. WOODS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Charlotte W. Hall , CHARLES T. HALL LAW FIRM, P.C., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Leo Rufino Montenegro , SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Leah F. Golshani , Special Assistant United States Attorney, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Baltimore, Maryland; Jill Westmoreland Rose , United States Attorney, Gill Beck , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Vacated and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Traxler and Judge Diaz joined.


Billie Jean Woods appeals the Social Security Administration's denial of her application for disability insurance benefits. Because we conclude that the Administrative Law Judge erred by not according adequate weight to a prior disability determination by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services...

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