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736 F.Supp.2d 270 (2010) Jamie L. BARD, Plaintiff, v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER, Defendant. No. 1:09-cv-294-JAW. United States District Court, D. Maine. August 31, 2010. *271 David A. Chase, MacDonald, Chase & Dufour, Bangor, ME, for Plaintiff. Mark J. Mendola, Social Security Administration Office of

PER CURIAM. Claimant Donald L. Martin appeals the denial of his application for disability benefits by the Commissioner of Social Security. After carefully reviewing the parties’ briefs and the record, we find that there is conflicting evidence in the record concerning the impact of claimant’s mental impairments on his ability to enga

PER CURIAM. Claimant Luis A. Lopez appeals from the judgment of the district court which upheld the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security that claimant was not entitled to disability benefits. After carefully reviewing the record and the briefs, we affirm the district court’s judgment for essentially the reasons stated in the Opinion and Order of the magistrate judge. We

BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Maine (Brody, J.) affirming a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security. The Commissioner found that Plaintiff-Appellant Clifford L. Ward’s retirement insurance benefits were properly reduced pursuant to the Windfall Elimination Provision (“WEP”) of t

ORDER The Opinion filed on September 20, 2006, is amended as follows: on slip opinion page 11744 [464 F.3d 944 (9th Cir. 2006)], lines 1-3, delete the following text: An individual with both exertional and non-exertional limitations cannot, however, be found “nondisabled” based only on the grids. OPINION

563 F.Supp.2d 950 (2008) Peter L. DUNN, Plaintiff, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. No. 07-cv-621-bbc. United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin. July 2, 2008. *951 Frederick J. Daley, Daley, Debofsky & Bryant, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff. Commissioner of Social Security, Social Secur

660 F.Supp.2d 1290 (2009) Hershel V. DUNN, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. Civil Action No. 08-G-1651-NE. United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Northeastern Division. October 1, 2009. *1291 Darryl W. Hunt, Clark James Hanlin & Hunt LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff.

ORDER This is an appeal of a district court judgment affirming the Commissioner’s decision to deny an application for disability benefits and Medicare assistance under the Social Security Act. This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 34(j)(l), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a). In 199

751 F.Supp.2d 666 (2010) Antonietta SALVO, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant. Case No. 93-CV-4170 (KMK). United States District Court, S.D. New York. November 8, 2010. *668 Irwin M. Portnoy, Esq., Irwin M. Portnoy & Associates, Newburgh, NY, for Plaintiff. Leslie A. Ramirez-Fisher, Esq., Assistan

658 F.Supp.2d 1340 (2009) Betty Ann DELKER, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant. Case No. 6:08-cv-1074-Orl-31GJK. United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Orlando Division. September 9, 2009. *1344 Richard A. Culbertson, Law Office of Richard A. Culbertson, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiff. Susan R. Waldr

PHASE 2A INDIVIDUAL PLAINTIFFS SUMMARY JUDGMENT OPINION Myron H. Thompson, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE The plaintiffs in this putative class-action lawsuit are dozens of state prisoners and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP). The defendants are officials of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC): the Commissioner and the Associate Commissioner of Health Services.1

OPINION AND ORDER Myron H. Thompson, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE I. Introduction The issue currently before the court in this prison-conditions case is whether the plaintiffs are entitled, under either Federal Rule of Evidence 501 (specifically as interpreted in Jaffee v. Redmond, 518 U.S. 1, 116 S.Ct. 1923, 135 L.Ed.2d 337 (1996)) or the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Menta

************************************************ The “officially released” date that appears near the beginning of an opinion is the date the opinion will be published in the Connecticut Law Journal or the date it is released as a slip opinion. The operative date for the beginning of all time periods for the filing of postopin- ion motions and petitions for certification is the “offi- cially released” date appearing in the opinion. All opinions are subject to modification and technical cor

LIABILITY OPINION AND ORDER AS TO PHASE 2A EIGHTH AMENDMENT CLAIM Myron H. Thompson, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE I. INTRODUCTION 1180 II. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 1180 III. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 1181 A. ADOC Facilities and Organizational Structure 1181 B. MHM Organizational Structure 1183 C. Summary of Factu

2023 WI 2 SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN CASE NO.: 2020AP877 COMPLETE TITLE: Rachel Slabey, Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner, v. Dunn County, Wisconsin, Dennis P. Smith, Brenda LaForte, Marshall L. Multhauf and Paul Gunness, Defendants-Respondents,

MEMORANDUM OPINION NORMAN K. MOON, District Judge. This matter is before the Court on the parties’ cross Motions for Summary Judgment (docket nos. 11 and 13), the Report & Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Robert S. Ballou (docket no. 17, hereinafter “R & R”), and Plaintiffs Objections to the R & R (docket no. 19). Pursuant to Standing Order 2011-17 and 28 U.S.C. § 63

PER CURIAM. This appeal from the denial of social security disability benefits focuses on whether the claimant’s residual functional capacity enables her to do work other than what she did in the past, and whether, despite the claimant’s exertional (back pain) and nonexertional (asthma and anxiety) limitations, there remain a signif

7 A.3d 1135 (2010) Petition of Martin J. DUNN (New Hampshire Retirement System). No. 2009-265. Supreme Court of New Hampshire. Argued: January 21, 2010. Opinion Issued: August 19, 2010. *1137 Ransmeier & Spellman Professional Corporation, of Concord (Daniel J. Mullen on the brief and orally), for the petitioner.

KEARSE, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Ronald E. Veino, Sr., who was found by the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) to have a disability in 1973 that continued to exist in 1982, entitling him to Social Security Disability Insurance (“SSDI”), appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, Jerome J. Niedermeier, Magistrate Judge,

280 F.Supp.2d 743 (2002) Michael ROSEN; Barbara Huskey; Emanuel Martin by his next friend, Cheryl Martin; Wanda Campbell; Connie Hoilman; Mark Hughes; Jacob B. by his next friend, Martin B.; Jackie Baggett; Brenda Clabo; Pradie Tibbs, Original Plaintiffs, and Gayle Cummings; Bach Thuy Nguyen; Di Nguyen; Sherry Justice; Sean Addison by his next friend, Lisa Addison; Lorri Griffin; Melanie Jackson; and Wilson Dale Jackson on their own behalf and on beh