Richard Center v. Richard Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services

Richard Center appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Joseph M. McLaughlin, J., entered March 25, 1982, granting Secretary Richard Schweiker’s motion for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(c) based upon the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate John L. Caden and dismissing the complaint.

On January 12, 1979, appellant was awarded Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits retroactive to July 1, 1978 while he was a patient at the South Beach Psychiatric Center in the amount of $444.20 per month. On March 8, 1979, he…