Legal Opinion

Mitchell W. MACKEY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 10, 1995No. 94-2086PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Mitchell Mackey appeals a district court 1 judgment affirming the Secretary’s denial of his application for Social Security disability benefits. After again probing the perplexing issue of how medical evidence first submitted to the Secretary’s Appeals Council should be evaluated by a reviewing court, we affirm.

Mackey applied for benefits in January 1992, alleging that he suffers from disabling pain in his back, shoulders, and knees and from numbness in his arms and legs. After the application was denied, both initially and on reconsideration, Mackey’s attorney requested…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Glenna R. WOOLF, Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
  2. Viola BROWNING, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  3. Nancy A. COTTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary, Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
  4. Roy W. LUNA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  5. Dorothy M. RILEY, Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Commissioner of Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
  2. Van Vickle v. AstrueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  3. Pamela CLARK, Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner, Social Security Administration, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
  4. Nancy Harvey v. Carolyn W. ColvinCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
  5. Marilyn Kitts v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000

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