Robert S. ADAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Plaintiff, Robert Adams, appeals the district court’s order affirming a decision by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary). The Secretary found that Adams was overpaid Social Security retirement benefits for the years 1985, 1986, and 1987. Adams began receiving Social Security retirement benefits in 1985, but he continued working as a traveling salesman, earning income in amounts sufficient to reduce his Social Security benefits. Adams does not contest the reduction, but the amount of the reduction. It is Adams’ contention that he is “self-employed” and not an “employee.” The…