Hammonds for Green v. Bowen

OPINION

ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.

This is an action brought under section 205(g) of the Social Security Act (“the Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), for judicial review of a final decision by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“the Secretary”) denying plaintiff’s application for child’s insurance benefits for her son Israel Green. Both plaintiff and defendant move for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Rule 12(c), Fed.R.Civ.P. For the reasons hereinafter stated, plaintiff’s motion is granted and defendant’s motion is denied.

BACKGROUND

The claimant’s mother, Ms. Willie Mae Hammonds,…