Russ v. Barnhart

OPINION AND ORDER 1

SNYDER, United States Magistrate Judge.

This cause is before the Court seeking review of the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (Commissioner) denying applications for Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under the Social Security Act. Administrative remedies have been exhausted, and the case is properly before the Court.

Rachele Russ filed applications for DIB and SSI in 1999. After the applications were denied initially and on reconsideration, Administrative Law Judge John Marshall Meisburg Jr. (ALJ) conducted a…