Bernadette Freeman v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Bernadette Freeman, Plaintiff, No. 23 CV 4374 v. Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Bernadette Freeman is an African American woman who worked as an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) for the Social Security Administration (“SSA”). She resides in Chicago and in 2017, accepted a position at SSA’s Oak Brook office. Freeman’s health conditions, which include low vision and an autoimmune disorder, made it difficult for…