SMITH v. BERRYHILL

No. 17-1606.

139 S.Ct. 1765 (2019)

Ricky Lee SMITH, Petitioner v. Nancy A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 28, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene R. Fidell , Yale Law School, Supreme Court Clinic, New Haven, CT, Wolodymyr Cybriwsky , Cybriwsky Wolodymyr , Law Office, Prestonsburg, KY, Andrew J. Pincus , Paul W. Hughes , Charles A. Rothfeld , Michael B. Kimberly , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Michael R. Huston , Assistant to the Solicitor, General, Charles W. Scarborough , Sarah Carroll , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.


The Social Security Act allows for judicial review of "any final decision ... made after a hearing" by the Social Security Administration (SSA). 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). Petitioner Ricky Lee Smith was denied Social Security benefits after a hearing by an administrative law judge (ALJ) and later...

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