Isiah Morris v. Otis R. Bowen, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services

Appellant Isiah Morris has sought disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 423 and 1381a. On January 20, 1987, an Administrative Law Judge determined that Morris was not entitled to benefits under the Act. Morris has appealed the AU’s determination to the Social Security Administration’s Appeals Counsel, and then to the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Both appeals were unsuccessful. Morris now takes a further appeal to this court, and raises three objections to the AU’s ruling. First,…