Legal Opinion

Mills v. Social Security

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 22, 2001No. 00-1446PublishedCited by 272 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of social security benefits for disability and presents an issue on which the circuits are divided, namely, the treatment of proffers of new evidence on administrative review after the initial administrative decision. The claimant is Wanda Mills. Her present application for benefits was filed on December 23, 1996, and ultimately a hearing before an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) was held on November 17, 1997, at which Mills was represented by counsel.

At the hearing, the controlling question was whether Mills was subject to a…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Sims v. ApfelSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Ramona PEREZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security Administration, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
  3. Service v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Nicasio RODRIGUEZ PAGAN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
  5. William Edward Goodermote v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by272 opinions

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  4. John F. Masterson, Jr. v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
  5. Napoleon L. Keys v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003

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