Powell v. Schweiker

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RICHARD SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, sitting by designation.

This is a social security disability case. Both plaintiff and defendant have filed motions for summary judgment. The only issue before the Court is whether the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services is supported by substantial evidence. The Court on its own motion substitutes the Hon. Richard S. Schweiker, the named defendant’s successor in office, as party defendant. Secretary Schweiker’s name shall be used in the caption of this case henceforth.

The plaintiff, Charles E. Powell, is twenty-six…