Perry v. Richardson

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MASTERSON, District Judge.

This is an action under the Social Security Act1 to review the decision of a hearing examiner2 holding that the plaintiff, Elsie B. Perry, is not entitled to either widow’s insurance benefits or surviving divorced wife’s insurance benefits based upon her application filed with the Social Security Administration on February 3, 1969. The hearing examiner predicated denial of widow’s insurance benefits upon his finding that the marriage between plaintiff and George L. Perry, the decedent wage-earner, was terminated on December 20, 1939 by a valid…