Elizabeth A. Heisner v. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

ROSS, Circuit Judge.'

In this appeal petitioner-appellant Elizabeth A. Heisner seeks review of the decision of the district court upholding the determination of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare that petitioner was not entitled to social security disability benefits. Petitioner acknowledges that she failed to establish her claim by substantial evidence. However, she contends that her hearing before the administrative law judge was unfair for the reason that, by virtue of her defective mental condition, she was unable to understand the nature of the proceedings or her burden of…