Garrett v. Califano

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

O’CONNOR, District Judge.

This case comes now before the court for determination of defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The proceeding was instituted by plaintiff against the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), for the purpose of obtaining judicial review of a final decision of the Secretary denying plaintiff’s application for disability insurance benefits. The sole question to be resolved is whether the Secretary’s decision that plaintiff was not “disabled,” as that term is defined in 42 U.S.C. § 423(d)(1), is supported by…