Legal Opinion
Abrams v. Social Security Administration
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 28, 2012No. 2011-3177PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACH, Circuit Judge.
Judge Richard L. Abrams appeals from the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”) decision upholding his removal by the Social Security Administration (“Agency”) from his position as an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). Because the legal challenges are meritless and substantial evidence supports the Board’s findings that good cause existed to remove Judge Abrams from his position, we affirm.
Background
Prior to his removal Judge Abrams had been an ALJ with the Agency since 2001 and with the Houston-Bissonnet Hearing Office of the Agency’s Office of Disability Adjudication…
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