BARRETT v. BERRYHILL

No. 17-2878.

904 F.3d 1029 (2018)

John G. BARRETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 14, 2018.

Opinion Issued September 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie Renee Seibold , Attorney, Black & Jones Attorneys at Law, Rockford, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Sarah G. Malia , Attorney, Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Region V, Chicago, IL, Monica Mallory , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Rockford, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Scudder and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


John Barrett applied for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income based on limitations from bipolar disorder and alcohol addiction. If an administrative law judge (ALJ) had found him disabled, then Barrett would shoulder the burden of showing that his alcoholism was not material...

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