RUENGER v. KIJAKAZI

No. 20-2598.

23 F.4th 760 (2022)

Randall RUENGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kilolo KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 14, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Wayne Duncan , Attorney, Duncan Disability Law, SC, Nekoosa, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Megan Hugo , Attorney, Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Region V, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Brennan, Scudder, and Jackson-Akiwumi, Circuit Judges.


When a person applies for disability benefits, the Social Security Administration evaluates whether significant numbers of jobs exist in the national economy for someone with that person's limitations. Administrative law judges often rely on vocational experts to estimate these job numbers. But ALJs cannot afford complete discretion to vocational...

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