Elizabeth Deloatche v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1983-08-22

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ERVIN, Circuit Judge: Elizabeth S. DeLoatche was denied disability benefits by the Secretary after a hearing by an administrative law judge (ALJ). She then filed the present action, and subsequently both parties moved for judgment on the pleadings. A United States magistrate found significant faults in the Secretary’s decision and recommended a remand, but the district court sus…

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