Katherine A. LAWSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret A. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Katherine Lawson filed an application for mother’s insurance benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 402(g) following the death of the insured, Ronald Lawson. After denials at the Administrative level, claimant appealed to the District Court which, on recommendation of an Administrative Law Judge, granted summary judgment for the Secretary and dismissed appellant’s complaint.

In this appeal we search for facts in murky waters of disordered lives. There are, however, at least six undisputed facts. 1) The record in this case includes a certificate…