Perkins v. Beryhill

TREVOR N. McFADDEN, U.S.D.J.

Norma Perkins filed this case seeking review of the Social Security Administration's ("SSA") decision to deny her application for disability benefits. She suffers from various mental health disorders and a right-foot deformity, and she claims that these maladies have left her unable to work. The SSA considered and rejected these claims three times. The third denial came after a hearing conducted by an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ").

Ms. Perkins now seeks a reversal of the ALJ's decision. The SSA objects. The case was referred to a Magistrate Judge who considered…