Legal Opinion
Allen v. Barnhart
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 4, 2004No. 03-7036PublishedCited by 617 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Thomas Joel Allen appeals from a district court order affirming the denial of his application for disability benefits. The district court (adopting the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations) effectively conceded that the administrative law judge (ALJ) erred in his analysis, but upheld the denial of benefits nonetheless by relying upon certain analytical revisions offered on judicial review. Affirming this post hoc effort to salvage the ALJ’s decision would require us to overstep our institutional role and usurp essential functions committed in the…
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