Legal Opinion
Lucena v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided September 26, 1983No. Civ. No. 82-2325 (PG)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PÉREZ-GIMÉNEZ, District Judge.
This is an action brought under Section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, as amended, (the Act), for review of the final decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, (The Secretary), denying Plaintiff’s application for disability insurance benefits.
Plaintiff is a 61 year old illiterate man with heavy work experience as janitor, watchman, handyman and car tire fixer and assistant mechanic for a government agency. (Tr. 48, 67, 77). Plaintiff applied for disability insurance benefits on March 6, 1981, claiming that he has been disabled…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- William Edward Goodermote v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- Luis Velez v. Secretary of Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Arroyo v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1983
3Cited by3 opinions
- Hundrieser v. HecklerDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984
- Johnson v. HecklerDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984
- Lucena v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1985