Goforth v. Secretary of Health & Human Services

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RALPH M. FREEMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff has sought judicial review, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), of a final decision of the Sécretary of Health and Human Services denying surviving child’s insurance benefits. Plaintiff filed an application for benefits, on behalf of her daughter on March 9, 1983. The application was denied initially and on reconsideration. A hearing was held before an administrative law judge (ALJ) on June 21, 1985. In a decision dated November 13, 1985, the AU found that Melanie Bennett did not satisfy the statutory requirements for receiving…