Legal Opinion
Ducusin v. Commissioner of Social Security
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 5, 2009No. Civil Action 08-1905 (HHK)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HENRY H. KENNEDY, JR., District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the defendant’s motion to dismiss, which the Court treats as one for summary judgment. 1 For the reasons discussed below, the Court will grant the motion.
I. BACKGROUND
The plaintiff “applied for Widow’s Insurance Benefits and a Lump Sum Death Payment on October 22, 2002[,] stating that she was the widow of Alberto Aquino Ducusin, the deceased wage earner.” 2 Mem. in Support of the Commissioner’s Mot. to Dismiss (“SSA Mot.”), Declaration of Earnest Baskerville (“Baskerville Deck”), Ex. 1 (“July 21, 2004…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bowen v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Yates v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
- Robert P. KINASH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John J. CALLAHAN, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Yvonne WONG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Lester Ray Barrs v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Whitted v. Social Security AdministrationDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2019