Cook ex rel. Cook v. Shalala

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KINSER, United States Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff, Shirley Cook, filed this action on behalf of Cynthia Cook, seeking judicial review of the final decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”), denying entitlement to child’s insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, (“the Act”), as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 402(d) (1989), prior to January 1990. Jurisdiction of this court is pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (1990).1 This case is before the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge under the authority of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(2) (1990).

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