Legal Opinion

Diaz v. Berryhill

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided July 3, 2019No. Civil No. 1:18-CV-1896PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Martin C. Carlson, United States Magistrate Judge

MEMORANDUM OPINION

I. Introduction

In the case of Albert Diaz we most assuredly do not write upon a blank slate. Quite the contrary, Albert Diaz suffered what was undeniably a disabling injury 11 years ago in May of 2008. Despite this decade-old disabling injury, this is Diaz's third appeal of an adverse Social Security disability ruling over the past ten years. It is undisputed that each of the three prior decisions made by the ALJs who evaluated Diaz's case-including the decision that is currently on appeal-contained material errors. Indeed, to…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Daniel P. Cotter v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
  2. Evelyn Plummer v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
  3. Tommaso Fargnoli v. Larry G. Massanari, Commissioner, Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
  4. Harold MASON, Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health & Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
  5. William MORALES, Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000

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