Legal Opinion

Angelica Rivera v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided April 14, 1980No. 586, Docket 79-6152PublishedCited by 124 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Angelica Rivera brought this action in the district court under 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g) and 1383(c)(3) seeking review of a final determination of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare denying her application for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits. The district court upheld the Secretary’s decision, and Mrs. Rivera has appealed. We affirm.

Appellant was born in Puerto Rico in 1925. She was educated through the eighth grade, has had no vocational training and does not speak English. 1 In Puerto Rico, she helped her father with farmwork and for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Helene Marcus v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  2. Minnie Gold v. The Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
  3. Lionel J. Bastien v. Joseph P. Califano, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
  4. Mattie L. Montgomery v. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary, Health, Education & WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975

3Cited by124 opinions

  1. George MONGEUR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
  2. David Rutherford v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
  3. Rosado v. SullivanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1992
  4. Herbert Carroll v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
  5. Walter E. Parker v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980

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