CHAVEZ v. BERRYHILL

No. 17-2978.

895 F.3d 962 (2018)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randal S. Forbes , Attorney, Jason Scott Rodman , Attorney, Forbes Rodman PC, 312 N. Wayne Street, P.O. Box 374, Angola, IN 46703-0000, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joshua P. Dehnke , Attorney, Daniel Robert Janes , Attorney, Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Region V, 30th Floor, 200 W. Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60606-0000, Sharon Jefferson , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Suite 1500, 5400 Federal Plaza, Hammond, IN 46320-0000, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Kanne and Scudder, Circuit Judges.


When a person applies for disability benefits, the Social Security Administration evaluates that person's capacity to work and, at the fifth and final step of the analysis, assesses whether significant numbers of jobs exist that someone with those abilities and limitations could perform. This determination is consequential...

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