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SMITH, Chief Judge. This social security case turns on whether the administrative law judge (ALJ) properly relied on expert testimony about an accommodation commonly found in the workplace. Concluding the reliance was proper, we affirm the district court's 1 decision upholding the denial of benefits.

*505 O’BRIEN, Senior District Judge. This case comes before the court in an unusual manner in that Appellant Linda D. Higgins appeals from the judgment of the district court which remanded her case to the Commissioner. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

294 F.Supp.2d 1206 (2003) David W. HIGGINS, Plaintiff, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. No. 02-4123-JAR. United States District Court, D. Kansas. December 4, 2003. *1207 Steven M. Tilton, Tilton & Tilton LLP, Topeka, KS, for Plaintiff. Tanya S. Wilson, Office of United States Attorney

288 F.Supp.2d 811 (2002) Theresa HIGGINS, Plaintiff, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART,[1] Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant. No. CIV.A. H-01-2595. United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division. August 2, 2002. *812 Donald Clifton Dewberry, Attorney at Law, Houston, for Theresa Higgins, pl

625 F.3d 798 (2010) Sade N. THOMAS, a/k/a Sade N. Keyton v. COMMISSIONER OF the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. Sade N. Thomas, Appellant. No. 08-4593. United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Argued April 20, 2010. Filed: November 18, 2010. Randi S. Mandelbaum, Esquire (Argued), Jon C. Dubin, Esquire, Rutgers School of Law-Newark Child Ad

MEMORANDUM *** Jimmie E. Evans appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s (“Commissioner”) final decision denying his application for social security disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-434, 1381-1383f. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse.

MEMORANDUM *** Jimmie E. Evans appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s (“Commissioner”) final decision denying his application for social security disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-434, 1381-1383f. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse.

Marshall, C.J. The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has certified the following question to this court. See S.J.C. Rule 1:03, as appearing in 382 Mass. 700 (1981). “If a married man and woman arrange for sperm to be withdrawn from the husband for the purpose of artificially impregnating the wife, and the woman is impregnated with that sperm after the man, her husband, has

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) EDITH ANN HIGGINS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 16-27 (RBW) ) ANDREW SAUL, in his official capacit

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Nicole Clough v. Civil No. 20-cv-795-JL Opinion No. 2022 DNH 038 Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security ORDER ON APPEAL Nicole Clough has appealed the Social Security Administration’s (“SSA”) denial of her applica

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Virginia Nicole Rogers v. Civil No. 19-cv-1014-JL Opinion No. 2021 DNH 058 Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security ORDER ON APPEAL Virginia Nicole Rogers has appealed the Social Security Administration’s (“SSA”) denial of her clai

WINTER, Circuit Judge. William E. Butts appeals from Judge Kahn’s order remanding Butts’ claim for disability benefits to the Social Security Commissioner. The remand directs further proceedings pursuant to “sentence four” of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) to determine whether adequate jobs exist in the national economy that Butts could perform. Butts asks us to remand only for a calculatio

551 F.Supp.2d 370 (2008) Robbie J. HIGGINS, Plaintiff v. BOROUGH OF TAYLOR, Borough of Taylor Police Department, Officer Edward Frescoln, Chief Stephen Derenick, Carl F. Siminski, and Mary Joyce Siminski, Defendants. No. 07cv622. United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania. March 11, 2008. *373 Christopher B. Jones, Scranton,

KORNMANN, District Judge. James P. Brown (Brown) appeals the district court’s order granting the motion of the Commissioner to remand the case for additional administrative proceedings pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) had denied Brown’s claim for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits and Supplemental Security Income. Brown then filed thi

LYNCH, Circuit Judge. This case raises an issue of importance in the law of this circuit on Social Security appeals. The issue is this: after an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) has erred, when is it appropriate for a court to remand for further proceedings and when is it appropriate to order payment of social security benefits? The Commissioner of the Social Security Administrati

(2007) Douglas GOLDHABER, Plaintiff, v. William HIGGINS, Brian Clark, Keith Bowser, Michael George, Kenneth Benton, Paul Wypijewski, Bradley E. Hershey, and the Bedford County Prison Board, Defendants. Civil Action No. 06-134J. United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania. September 28, 2007. MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER OF COURT KIM R. GI

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Crystal D. Kelly v. Case No. 18-cv-662-PB Opinion No. 2019 DNH 120 Andrew Saul, Commissioner, Social Security Administration I. INTRODUCTION Crystal Kelly challenges the Social Security Administration’s denial of her application for Disability Insurance

ALARCON, Circuit Judge. Vincent M. Higgins appeals from the dismissal of his federal civil rights claim that Howard L. Beyer, the Assistant Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Corrections, and 13 employees of the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center (“ADTC employees”) violated 38 U.S.C. § 5301(a) by seizing money derived from a veteran’s disability benefits check from

293 F.3d 683 Vincent M. HIGGINS, Appellant,v.Howard L. BEYER, Department of Corrections; William F. Plantier; Grace Rogers; James Dooley; Thomas Moran; Daniel Barrajas; Lillyanne D. Yeager; Linda Cook; Frank Bruno; Anselm Jeeveratnam; Margaret C. Zorsky; Brenda Gibb; Gwinn Goode; Joseph Doe, (last name a fictitious name), in their individual capacity, jointly, severally or in the alternative. No. 99-5556. <

136 F.Supp.2d 971 (2001) Ingrid I. HIGGINS, Plaintiff, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. No. 4:99CV1438 CDP. United States District Court, E.D. Missouri, Eastern Division. March 30, 2001. *972 Philip A. Senturia, Gateway Legal Services, Inc., St. Louis, MO, for Ingrid Higgins, plaintiffs. Hen