Hoffman v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SARAH H. o/b/o D.R.,1 Plaintiff, Case # 20-CV-1736-FPG v. DECISION AND ORDER COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant. INTRODUCTION On August 7, 2017, Plaintiff Sarah H., on behalf of claimant, D.R., a minor under eighteen years of age, protectively applied for Children’s Supplemental Security Income Benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act (the “Act”). Tr.2 at 20. The Social Security Administration (the “SSA”) denied the claim and Plaintiff appeared at a hearing before Administrative Law Judge Susan Smith on December 9,…