Legal Opinion
Dawn Driggins, by Her Guardian Ad Litem, Virgil S. Driggins v. Margaret Heckler, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 13, 1986No. 85-5307PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Dawn Driggins, by her father and guardian ad litem, Virgil S. Driggins, appeals a district court 1 order affirming the final decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary). The Secretary determined that Dawn was ineligible to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) from July 1978 through January 1982 because her own income combined with the income deemed to her from her parents exceeded the statutory limit.
Appellant contends the Secretary (1) incorrectly applied the deeming formula as provided in 20 C.F.R. § 1185 (1978); (2) failed to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dawn Driggins, by Her Guardian Ad Litem Virgil S. Driggins v. Patricia R. Harris, Secretary-Designate, Department of Health, Education& WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Ernest Fleshman, on Behalf of Lisa Fleshman v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Marie Tipton Faidley v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
3Cited by3 opinions
- Gary Tyrrell v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Skaliotis v. R.I. Department of Human Services, 95-2438 (1996)Superior Court of Rhode Island · 1996
- Skaliotis v. R.I. Department of Human Services, 95-2438 (1996)Superior Court of Rhode Island · 1996