Legal Opinion
Brown v. Astrue
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 6, 2011No. 10-3435PublishedCited by 628 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
RESTANI, Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Joseph Brown appeals the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration’s (“the Commissioner”) denial of his application for supplemental security income (“SSI”). For the following reasons, we will affirm.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In March 2006, Joseph Brown, a fifty-one year old man with a history of violent crime and drug abuse, applied for SSI under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq. Despite alleging a disability beginning in April 2002 due to bipolar disorder and anxiety, his application…
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