Betty L. TAYLOR, Appellee, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellant

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

The Secretary of Health and Human Services appeals an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina granting interim social security disability benefits to the claimant during the' pendency of the district court’s remand of this action to the Secretary. Because we find no authority for an interim benefit award we now reverse the district court.

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In August 1982, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) awarded Betty L. Taylor benefits for a period of disability from October 1, 1979 to October 1, 1980. The award denied…