Hart v. Colvin

ORDER GRANTING CLASS CERTIFICATION

Re: ECF No. 40

JON S. TIGAR, United States District Judge

This is a putative class action about the evidence that Administrative Law Judges (“ALJs”) may properly consider in determining whether claimants are entitled to disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (“SSA”). Plaintiffs have sued Defendant Carolyn W. Colvin in her capacity as Acting Commissioner of Social Security, ECF No. 1, challenging the SSA’s alleged reliance on consultative examinations performed by Dr. Frank Chen, a physician who is now disqualified, in denying or terminating…