Legal Opinion
Ward v. Commissioner of Social Security
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 3, 2000No. 99-1884PublishedCited by 403 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Maine (Brody, J.) affirming a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security. The Commissioner found that Plaintiff-Appellant Clifford L. Ward’s retirement insurance benefits were properly reduced pursuant to the Windfall Elimination Provision (“WEP”) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 415(a)(7) (1994). Ward has appealed. Because we find that the WEP applies, we affirm the district court’s order.
I. Facts and Procedural History
Clifford L. Ward was born on March 30,…
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