Legal Opinion
John J. PENA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 16, 1996No. 95-2095PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
John J. Pena appeals the district court’s 1 order affirming the Social Security Commissioner’s denial of his application for disability and supplemental security income benefits. Pena argues that the administrative law judge erred by discounting the opinion of his treating physician, discounting Pena’s testimony regarding pain and the severity of his restrictions, and failing to fully and fairly develop the evidence concerning Pena’s depression. We affirm.
Pena is thirty-eight years old with a tenth-grade education. He has worked as a dump truck driver,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Viola BROWNING, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Aaron SHANNON, Appellant. v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Lorraine POLASKI, Et Al., Appellees, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Richard BROCKMAN, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- William DAVIS, Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by127 opinions
- Sheila J. Young v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
- Theresa Ramirez v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Social Security CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
- William B. Johnson v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- Allen R. Prosch v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
- Nancy KELLEY, Appellant, v. John J. CALLAHAN, Acting Commissioner, Social Security Administration, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
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