Queenan v. Heckler

OPINION AND ORDER

OWEN, District Judge.

This action is before me on plaintiff Teresa Queenan’s motion to compel the Social Security Administration (S.S.A.) to make a determination on her claim for disability benefits. For the reasons set forward below, the motion is granted in part and denied in part.

Mrs. Queenan submitted the relevant application for disability benefits in January, 1979. The application was denied after a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). The SSA Appeals Council declined to reverse the ALJ’s decision and plaintiff appealed to this Court. SSA belatedly…