Hullum Ex Rel. Watson v. Sullivan

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, District Judge.

Dewan Hullum (“Dewan”), by his next friend and mother Valerie Watson (“Watson”), brings this action to review the decision of Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Louis Sullivan (“Secretary”) denying Dewan’s application for surviving child’s insurance benefits under one of the sections of the Social Security Act (the “Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 402(d)(1). 1 Dewan now moves for summary judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. (“Rule”) 56, and Secretary has both responded to that motion and filed his own motion for judgment on the pleadings. 2…