Legal Opinion
Voigt v. Colvin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 26, 2015No. 14-2303PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff had applied to the Social Security Commission in 2009 (when he was 40 years old) for benefits to which he claimed to be entitled by reason of being disabled from gainful employment as a result of psychiatric disorders (primarily depression and bipolar disorder), chronic back and hip pain, and an anal fissure (cut or tear). The administrative law judge to whom his application was referred (John H. Pleuss) denied his claim on the ground that he’s capable of performing unskilled sedentary work and is therefore not totally disabled. The district court, to which…
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