Legal Opinion
Powers v. Commissioner of Social Security
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 17, 2006No. 05-6466UnpublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Deborah Powers appeals the district court’s judgment that substantial evidence supports the decision rendered by an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) upholding defendant-appellee Commissioner of Social Security’s (“the Commissioner”) denial of Powers’s application for disability insurance benefits. Powers contends that the Commissioner’s decision was not supported by substantial evidence, and, as a result, this court should remand the case to award her benefits or, alternatively, for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).…
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