Josephine L. Cage v. Commissioner of Social Security

JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Josephine L. Cage appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Michael A. Telesca, Judge) upholding a decision by an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) of the Social Security Administration (the “SSA”) denying Cage’s application for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits. Although the ALJ determined that Cage met certain requirements for being “disabled” under the Social Security Act (the “Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., he found Cage ineligible for SSI on the ground that drug…